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noun firm sharp sound ADJ. loud, sharp | gentle, light | determined | timid VERB + KNOCK hear | answer She hurried to answer the knock at the door. PHRASES a knock at/on the door There was a loud knock at the door. sharp blow from sth ADJ. hard, nasty, severe (figurative) the hard knocks of life | minor VERB + KNOCK get, have, take You've had a nasty knock on the head. (figurative) Their pride took quite a knock when they lost 5?0. | give sb/sth PREP. ~ on
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knock off ( sth ) informal to stop working, usually at the end of the day • I don't knock off until six. • What time do you knock off work?
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knock around/about informal RELAX 1. to spend time relaxing and doing very little • I spent the weekend just knocking about the house.
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knock sth off [ M ] STEAL 1. ( US knock sth over ) slang to steal something • He has a stack of computer equipment he's knocked off from various shops. • Terrorist groups are knocking off ( US also knocking over ) banks to get money. • He was caught selling knocked-off car radios in the pub.
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knock yourself out [ R ] informal to make yourself ill with tiredness • If you carry on working like this, you'll knock yourself out.
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knock sth together/up [ M ] informal to make something quickly and without much care • I could knock together a quick lunch if you like.
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verb hit/bump ADV. accidentally I accidentally knocked the vase off the table. | about, aside, over Her boyfriend had been knocking her about. Mind you don't knock that glass over. PREP. against The stick knocked against the wall. | off He had knocked one of the pictures off the wall. | on I knocked my head on one of the beams. PHRASES knock sb/sth flying He was knocked flying as two policemen came crashing through the door. | knock sb off their feet The explosion knocked him off his feet. | knock sb out/senseless/unconscious The blow knocked him unconscious. | knock sb to the ground bang on a door ADV. loudly | softly | politely, timidly PREP. at Someone knocked loudly at the door. | on She knocked timidly on the study door and entered. PHRASES without knocking Dobson walked straight into her office without knocking.
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knock sb out [ M ] MAKE SLEEP 2. If a drug or alcohol knocks you out, it makes you go to sleep • The sleeping tablets knocked him out for 18 hours.
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knock sth over [ M ] US for knock sth off (= steal something)
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knock sb about/around informal to behave violently towards someone and hit them • Her husband used to knock her about.
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knock sth off ( sth ) [ M ] informal to take a particular amount away from a price • The manager knocked £5 off because it was damaged.
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In addition to the idioms beginning with KNOCK, Also see BEAT (KNOCK) INTO SOMEONE'S HEAD; BEAT (KNOCK) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF; (KNOCK) DOWN TO SIZE; (KNOCK) OFF SOMEONE'S FEET; SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS.
American Heritage Idioms
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knock sb over [ M usually passive ] to hit someone with a vehicle and injure or kill them • She got knocked over by a taxi as she ran for the bus.
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knock sth out [ M ] PRODUCE 1. informal to produce something quickly without spending time thinking about the details • I've knocked out a first draft of the report which we can amend at a later date.
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knock about/around (sth) informal to be in a place which is not exactly known or in various places especially over a long period of time • I'm sure I've got a copy of 'Time's Arrow' knocking about somewhere. • He spent years knocking around the Far East before World War One.
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knock sth down [ M ] to destroy a building or part of a building • The Council plans to knock the library down and replace it with a hotel complex. • figurative: She easily knocked down every argument he put up.
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knock up Players knock up before beginning a game of tennis or similar sport by hitting the ball to each other • The players have a couple of minutes to knock up before the match starts.
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knock sb up [ M ] MAKE PREGNANT 2. slang to make a woman pregnant • You don't want to get knocked up by some guy you hardly know.
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knock sb up [ M ] WAKE UP 1. UK informal to wake someone up by knocking on the door of their house or bedroom • I'm sorry to have to knock you up in the middle of the night.
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knock sth out of sb If a quality is knocked out of someone, they lose that quality because the situation they are in does not allow it to exist • Any creativity I had was soon knocked out of me at school.
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knock sth off [ M ] PRODUCE 2. informal to produce something quickly and easily • She can knock off (= write) a novel in a couple of weeks.
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knock sb out [ M ] MAKE UNCONSCIOUS 1. to hit someone so that they become unconscious • [ R ]: She hit her head on the ceiling and knocked herself out.
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knock sth out [ M ] DESTROY 2. If something such as a piece of equipment is knocked out by something else, it stops working or is damaged or destroyed • The surge in the power supply knocked out all the computers. • Enemy aircraft have knocked out 25 tanks.
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noun thumps: We heard a knock on the door. verb beat: We knocked on the door.
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knock sb out [ M ] DEFEAT 3. to defeat a person or a team in a competition so that they can no longer take part in it • The champion was unexpectedly knocked out ( of the tournament) in the first round.
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knock around/about informal BE WITH SOMEONE 2. to spend a lot of time with someone • I used to knock around with him at school.
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