Usually means: Defeat thoroughly; render obsolete, irrelevant.
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  1. knock into a cocked hat: Collins English Dictionary
  2. knock into a cocked hat: Wiktionary
  3. knock into a cocked hat: Dictionary.com
  4. knock into a cocked hat: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. knock into a cocked hat: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (knock into a cocked hat)

verb:  (transitive, originally US, colloquial, dated) To beat up or seriously injure (a person); to badly damage (a thing).
verb:  (transitive, chiefly British, colloquial, figuratively) To completely demolish, nullify, overthrow, or otherwise defeat (a person; an argument, idea, or proposition; or a thing).

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