knock down meaning
UK /nɒk daʊn/ US /nɑk daʊn/ 2 syllables
knock down (verb): cause to come or go down.
knock down has 3 meanings in this dictionary.
knock down as a verb
- cause to come or go down
- The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
- The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
Synonyms: down, cut down, push down, pull down
Type of: strike
Kinds: submarine
- knock down with force
- He decked his opponent
Synonyms: deck, coldcock, dump, floor
Type of: beat
Related forms: knockdown
- shatter as if by explosion
Synonyms: blast
Type of: smash
knock down in a sentence
- Crossing the street, he was knocked down by a car.
- The typhoon knocked down a tree in my yard.
- It seems that the door was knocked down.
- I saw a boy knocked down by a car.
- Dan swerved off the road to avoid knocking down a dog.
How to pronounce knock down
knock down is pronounced /nɒk daʊn/ in British English and /nɑk daʊn/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.
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