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Knock down

verb, slang

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

    "As I took the can off the shelf, I knocked down the one beside it."

  2. 2
    shatter as if by explosion wordnet
  3. 3
    To hit or collide with; To demolish. transitive

    "We knocked down the garden shed when we moved."

  4. 4
    cause to come or go down wordnet
  5. 5
    To hit or collide with; To reduce the price of. informal, transitive

    "They knocked it down by another £5, so we bought it."

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  1. 6
    knock down with force wordnet
  2. 7
    To hit or collide with; To disassemble for shipment. transitive

    "The furniture is shipped knocked down, so assembly is required."

  3. 8
    To acquire money, especially illicitly; To accumulate money, usually through crime. transitive
  4. 9
    To acquire money, especially illicitly; To embezzle. transitive
  5. 10
    To drink or party; To drink fast. informal, transitive

    "I love to go down the pub and knock down pints of lager."

  6. 11
    To drink or party; To spend extravagantly for a celebration. Australia, slang, transitive
  7. 12
    To choose, declare or approve.; To approve a drinking toast by banging glasses on the table. transitive

    "They click their glasses and knock down the toast."

  8. 13
    To choose, declare or approve.; To nominate (someone) to speak. archaic, transitive
  9. 14
    To choose, declare or approve.; To introduce (someone) to another, especially to a woman. Australia, New-Zealand, transitive
  10. 15
    To choose, declare or approve.; To reject or override a decision. transitive

    "The judge knocked the award down to a half-million."

  11. 16
    To choose, declare or approve.; To sentence (someone) to prison or other sentence. transitive
  12. 17
    To choose, declare or approve.; At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel. transitive

    "The picture was knocked down for £50."

  13. 18
    To choose, declare or approve.; To sell. transitive

    "She had to wait for the end of the sale before these matters were put up, and as the auctioneer was in a hurry to get the sale over, and most of the bidders had left, she got a full set of servant's bedroom furniture knocked down to her for five pounds[.]"

  14. 19
    To send a stop signal to ensure a train is signalled to stop at the correct point. dated
  15. 20
    To reduce the burning of (a fire), as by cooling it with water or dirt. transitive

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