knock down
To hit or collide withTo hit or collide with: To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.
» He was knocked down by a truck.
Його збила вантажівка.
Meaning
17 sensesTo hit or collide with
(transitive)To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.
As I took the can off the shelf, I knocked down the one beside it.
umwerfen, niederschlagen
сбива́тьsbivátʹ, сбитьsbitʹ, вали́тьvalítʹ
(transitive)To demolish.
We knocked down the garden shed when we moved.
(informal, transitive)To reduce the price of.
They knocked it down by another £5, so we bought it.
сбиватьsbivatʹ, сбитьsbitʹ
(transitive)To disassemble for shipment.
The furniture is shipped knocked down, so assembly is required.
To acquire money, especially illicitly
(transitive)To accumulate money, usually through crime.
(transitive)To embezzle.
To drink or party
(informal, transitive)To drink fast.
I love to go down the pub and knock down pints of lager.
(Australia, slang, transitive)To spend extravagantly for a celebration.
To choose, declare or approve.
(transitive)To approve a drinking toast by banging glasses on the table.
(Australia, New Zealand, transitive)To introduce (someone) to another, especially to a woman.
(transitive)To reject or override a decision.
The judge knocked the award down to a half-million.
(transitive)To sentence (someone) to prison or other sentence.
- shatter as if by explosion
- cause to come or go down
- knock down with force
Examples
81 sentencesHe was knocked down by a truck.
Його збила вантажівка. — Ahha
It seems that the door was knocked down.
Схоже, двері були вибиті. — Ahha
The poor boy was knocked down by a car.
Бідного хлопчика збила машина. — Ahha
I saw the man knocked down by a car.
Я бачив чоловіка, якого збила машина. — Ahha
ruЯ видел мужчину, сбитого машиной. — marafon
Tom knocked him down.
Том збив його з ніг. — deniko
ruТом сбил его с ног. — marafon
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Forms
knocks down, knocking down, knocked down, knocked down| Base form | knock down · to knock down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | knocks down |
| Present participle | knocking down |
| Past simple | knocked down |
| Past participle | knocked down |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
13 phrasal verbs- knock upнабридати, втомлюватисяTo put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily.
- knock offзбити, збиватиTo remove (something or someone) by applying a strong force.
- knock outнокаутуватиTo strike or bump (someone or something) out.
- knock downпродати, продаватиTo hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.
- knock overзасмучувати, засмутитиTo bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it.
- knock aboutповісити, вішатиTo hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
- knock onTo commit a foul by knocking the ball forward.
- knock inTo enter college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors have been locked.
Synonyms
15 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb