From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishknock/beat somebody/something into a cocked hatknock/beat somebody/something into a cocked hatBETTERto be a lot better than someone or something else My mother is such a good cook she knocks everybody else into a cocked hat. → cocked hat
Examples from the Corpus
knock/beat somebody/something into a cocked hat• Cavalli had no difficulty knocking the work of other composers into a cocked hat. 