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Definition of Knock down

1. Verb. Cause to come or go down. "The fighter managed to knock down his opponent"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

2. Verb. Knock down with force. "The fighter managed to knock down his opponent"; "He decked his opponent"

3. Verb. Shatter as if by explosion.

Definition of Knock down

1. Verb. (transitive) To hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To demolish. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive informal) To reduce the price of. ¹

5. Verb. To drink fast ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knock Down

knock-ons knock-out knock-out drops knock-up knock Anthony knock about knock abouts knock against knock around knock back

knock box knock boxes knock cold knock down (current term) knock for a loop knock into a cocked hat knock it off knock knee knock knock knock knock joke

knock knock jokes knock knocks knock off knock off someone's block knock on knock on wood knock out

Literary usage of Knock down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by New York (State). Constitutional Convention (1916)
"When they have knocked those down, you have taken the first step toward autocracy; and the next one they want to knock down, and you have heard them speak ..."

2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"1033, " at nine-pins or ten-banes they have one larger bone set about a yard before the rest call'd the bartle, and to knock down the ..."

3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"... clean off my legs — first blood — first knock down — everything. 1869. GREENWOOD, Seven Curses of London, . . . The watcher is generally hanging about, ..."

4. Life of Thurlow Weed Including His Autobiography and a Memoir by Thurlow Weed, Harriet A. Weed, Thurlow Weed Barnes (1884)
"A KNOCK-DOWN FOR THE Locos." — LETTERS TO FRANCIS GRANGER. IN 1839 Mr. Van Buren entered upon the third year of his presidency, and William H. Seward began ..."

5. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"Careless, knock down my uncle Sir Richard. Sir О Ah, poor aunt Deborah ! a ... Careless, knock down the mayor and aldermen. Sir O. They are mine. Care. ..."

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