knock
Example Sentences
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Any points for the African side would knock Australia out of the competition.
From BBC
"It's kinda surreal still," Cunnah said, reflecting on the emotional, tearful moment he knocked on the door of his birth father's home in Barnsley, Yorkshire.
From BBC
Chief executive Jackie Betteridge said: "The minimum wage is something very close to our heart, we pay our staff the going wage but it has a knock on effect."
From BBC
Leen lives in constant anxiety, fearing knocks at the door, her mother said.
From BBC
“Let me see,” Katherine said, jostling against him and knocking the letter out of his hand.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
