Knock spots off somebody/something Australia British spoken language informal
In the pistol-shooting competion, this expression may refer to shooting out the pips (spots) on a playing card.
The new laptop knocks spots off the old one.
Maya knocked spots off her friends on the math examination.
The phrase starts with a "verb" , so we need to be careful about subject verb agreement.
very excited and interested
Children are as keen as mustard to discover new things around them.