knock back
knock
nɑ:k
naak
back
bÃĻk
bāk
/nˈɒk bˈak/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "knock back"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ• āύāĻŋāσāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to drink quickly or consume a beverage in a rapid or forceful manner
to knock back definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They 've been knocking back shots of tequila all night, celebrating their friend's birthday.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāύ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āĻŋāϞāĻžāϰ āĻļāϟ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ“ āĻĒāϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cost someone a significant amount of money
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The unexpected medical expenses are really knocking them back financially.
āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āĻ–āϰāϚ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϠ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϧ⧀āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to prevent someone from succeeding or making further advancements
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ongoing economic crisis is knocking many businesses back, hindering their growth and development.
āϚāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϟ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻļā§āϚāĻ°ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to shock someone with unexpected information or events
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The unexpected cancellation of the event is really knocking people back.
āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϠ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ