knock over

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SEE DEFINITION OF knock over

as injolt
as inknock off
as inlevel
as inastonish
as inovercome
as inoverthrow
as inoverturn
as inplunder
as inprostrate
as inraid
as instun/stupefy
as intumble
as instun
as inunhorse
as indrown
as infell

Synonyms for knock over

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Antonyms for knock over

drown

verb. submerge in liquid; submerge and die

drowning

verb. submerge in liquid; submerge and die

Word Origin & History

Old English cnocian (West Saxon cnucian), "to pound, beat; knock (on a door)," likely of imitative origin. Meaning "deprecate, put down" is from 1892. Related: Knocked; knocking. Knock-kneed first attested 1774. Knock-down, drag-out is from 1827. Command knock it off "stop it" is first recorded 1880, perhaps from auctioneer's term for "dispose of quickly:"

Example Sentences forknock over

How nicely he could knock over the mother, if only he had a shot-gun!

There, if you can knock over three or four of them, you've done your share.

There, take the guns with you and try and knock over a few ducks.

I will never wear my sword again if they did not knock over the statue in the dark.

We can knock over a couple of small antelope then, which will be plenty for all of us.

And would it be "lse-majest" to knock over the King's representative?

He might go north, and knock over some casual Pawnee or inadvertent Sioux.

If I should flop my wings I believe I'd knock over the whole village!

"If I only had the gun I could knock over about twenty at once," Jim whispered.

And to think how it should a been just what the boys were telling me to knock over.

knock over

astonished

astonishes

drown

drowning

fell

knock over

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astonish

astonished

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