knock down
knock
nɑ:k
naak
down
daƊn
dawn
/nˈɒk dˈaʊn/

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

to knock down
[phrase form: knock]
01

āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause something or someone to fall to the ground
Transitive: to knock down sb/sth
to knock down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The strong winds knocked down several trees on the road.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to destroy a structure such as building or wall
Transitive: to knock down a building
to knock down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The demolition team had knocked the abandoned factory down, clearing the land for a new park.
āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ–āĻžāύāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to forcefully break or destroy something
Transitive: to knock down a structure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The demolition crew used explosives to knock down the old building and make way for a new construction project.
āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§‹āϰāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to collide with and seriously injure or kill someone with a moving vehicle
Transitive: to knock down sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The distracted driver knocked down the jogger, resulting in a broken leg.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āϜāĻ—āĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻž āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
05

āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĻāϰ āĻ•āώāĻžāĻ•āώāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to successfully convince someone to lower the price of something
Transitive: to knock down a seller to a price
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I'm trying to knock the seller down to a more reasonable price.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϤ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to finalize the sale of an item at an auction with a gavel strike
Transitive: to knock down an item on sale
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The antique car was knocked down to an enthusiastic bidder for a surprising amount.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻĻāϰāĻĻāĻžāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻļā§āϚāĻ°ā§āϝāϜāύāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϗ⧇āϞāĻž

to consume beverages at a fast pace
Transitive: to knock down beverages
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sports fans knocked the margaritas down as they cheered for their team.
āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāϝāĻŧāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻžāϰāĻŋāϟāĻž āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to carefully dismantle an object into smaller, transportable components
Transitive: to knock down sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The movers are knocking down the bed to fit it into the moving truck.
āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϛ⧇ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to successfully bring down the price of something from an initial amount to a lower
Transitive: to knock down a price
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The savvy shoppers had knocked down the prices of all their purchases, saving a significant amount of money.
āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāĻ• āĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŦ āϕ⧇āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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