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hard knocks
Nounhard knocks has 1 sense
adversity, hardship, hard knocks - a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" --1is a kind ofmisfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck --1has particulars: