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Definition of Knock over

1. Verb. Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position. "These cars won't knock over "; "He tumped over his beer"

Definition of Knock over

1. Verb. To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it ¹

2. Verb. (slang idiomatic) To rob; to stage a heist ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knock Over

Literary usage of Knock over

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

1. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"NB—I confess I have written without consideration as to whether it is kind to knock over the theories by which you assure yourself that your wildest changes ..."

2. Kato Texts by Pliny Earle Goddard (1910)
"... knock over with foot, kick over ni-mitei-kmu roll log with foot ... knock over with hand ni-tu-kmu roll log with hand ..."

3. Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal by Frank B. Simson (1886)
"knock over the big bull: he gets up unexpectedly and I get a ducking.—My friend the Deputy Collector tossed by a Buffalo into a tree and killed. ..."

4. A Manual of Physiology: With Practical Exercises by George Neil Stewart (1918)
"Connect the knock-over kev of the myograph with the primary circuit of an ... Close the knock-over key, open the short-circuiting key, shoot the plate again ..."

5. The Playground Book by Harry Sperling (1916)
"If two pins are knocked over with one delivery, two players are out, and if the pitcher is skillful enough to knock over all three in one delivery, ..."

6. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1882)
"Ought not Jehu to have argued thus: "If I drive too fast I may knock over some one, and if I knock over some one ..."

7. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1909)
"The object of the game is to knock over the opponents' clubs by rolling the ball on the floor, and naturally to protect one's own clubs. ..."

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