knock
Example Sentences
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When stock prices are finely tuned for perfection, it doesn’t need much to knock them off their perch.
From Barron's
Pakistan ticked most boxes on the night, first bottling Sri Lanka up for a modest 128 and then knocking off the target with 20 deliveries to spare, barely breaking sweat.
From Barron's
Without Bethell's breakthrough knock, England would have been beaten on a fourth day that began with captain Ben Stokes leaving the field with a right groin injury.
From BBC
The Ducks found Long again coming out of the break, and she knocked down a third three-pointer, this one the dagger.
From Los Angeles Times
Allow me to speculate: She may come knocking sooner rather than later, asking for house-insurance payments, upkeep and — whoops! — years of unpaid property tax.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
