knock down

knock down
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "knock down":
present tense I/you/we/they knock down he/she/it knocks down present participle knocking down past tense knocked down past participle knocked down
1) knock down or knock over
British to hit someone with a vehicle so that they are injured or killed

Sue was knocked down just yards from her home.

2) to deliberately destroy a building or wall

The far wall could be knocked down to make the room bigger.

3)
a) informal to reduce a price or amount

They knocked the price of beer down over 20p a pint to £1.45.

b) knock someone down to persuade someone to reduce the price of something

I managed to knock him down to £120.

4) to show that something such as an idea or suggestion is not good or useful

It was a theory that was easily knocked down.


English dictionary. 2014.

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