āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
knock back
/nËÉk bËak/
to knock back
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āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻ āύāĻŋāĻāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧠āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to drink quickly or consume a beverage in a rapid or forceful manner
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They 've been knocking back shots of tequila all night, celebrating their friend's birthday.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϰ āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻā§, āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāϰāĻ āĻĒāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to cost someone a significant amount of money
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The unexpected medical expenses are really knocking them back financially.
āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āϏāĻž āĻāϰāĻ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻ ā§āϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϧā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to prevent someone from succeeding or making further advancements
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ongoing economic crisis is knocking many businesses back, hindering their growth and development.
āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻļā§ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻļā§āĻāϰā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž
to shock someone with unexpected information or events
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The unexpected cancellation of the event is really knocking people back.
āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻā§āύā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻāϰāĻž āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώāĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻ ā§āϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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