knock down

knock down
verb
1. cause to come or go down (Freq. 5)
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The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect

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The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet

• Syn: ↑down, ↑cut down, ↑push down, ↑pull down
• Derivationally related forms: ↑downer (for: ↑down)
• Hypernyms: ↑strike
• Hyponyms: ↑submarine
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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The fighter managed to knock down his opponent

2. knock down with force (Freq. 1)
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He decked his opponent

• Syn: ↑deck, ↑coldcock, ↑dump, ↑floor
• Derivationally related forms: ↑floor (for: ↑floor), ↑knockdown
• Hypernyms: ↑beat
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

3. shatter as if by explosion
• Syn: ↑blast
• Hypernyms: ↑smash, ↑dash
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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knock down [phrasal verb]
1 knock (someone or something) down or knock down (someone or something)
1 a : to cause (someone or something) to fall to the ground

He hit him on the chin and knocked him down.

The storm knocked down [=knocked over] several big trees.

Rowdy fans knocked down the fence.

We're planning to knock down [=remove, demolish] a wall to create a bigger room.

1 b Brit : to hit and injure or kill (a person or animal) with a vehicle

She was knocked down [=(Brit) knocked over, (US) hit] by a car while crossing the street.

2 a knock (something) down or knock down (something) : to reduce or lower (a price, an amount, etc.)

They knocked down the price of the house by 10 percent.

He wanted $50 for it but I managed to knock the price down to $45.

2 b knock (someone) down : to cause or persuade (someone) to reduce a price

He wanted $50 for it but I managed to knock him down to $45.

3 knock down (an amount of money) US, informal : to receive (an amount of money) as income or salary

He knocks down almost a million dollars a year.

4 knock down (a shot) or knock (a shot) down basketball : to succeed in making (a shot) especially from a long distance

He was knocking down jump shots.

5 knock (something) down or knock down (something) chiefly US, informal : to say no to (an idea, plan, proposal, etc.) : ↑reject

His boss knocked down [=shot down] all of his ideas.

6 knock (something) down or knock down (something) US : to take (something) apart

We knocked the bed down so it would fit in the truck.

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Main Entry: ↑knock

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Knock-down — auch: Knock|down 〈[nɔkdaʊn] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s; Sport; Boxen〉 Niederschlag [Etym.: → knock down] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

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