Meaning

5 senses
  1. To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it.

    I knocked over a can of paint and spent the next hour cleaning up.

  2. (slang)To beat up, murder or kill.

  3. (slang)To finish eating or drinking (something).

  4. (slang)To arrest (someone).

  5. (slang)To rob; to stage a heist of.

    The bandits knocked over another bank, making three this week.

More definitions
  • cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

Examples

53 sentences
  1. Tom's dog knocked over our trash can.

    Собака Тома перекинув наш смітник. — deniko

  2. I knocked over a jug and broke it.

    Я перекинув глечик і він розбився. — deniko

  3. The boy knocked the glass over.

    deDer Junge warf das Glas um. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom accidentally knocked over his drink.

    ruТом случайно опрокинул свой напиток. — odexed

    deTom warf aus Versehen sein Getränk um. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. He was knocked over by the car.

    deEr wurde von dem Auto angefahren. — Esperantostern

Translations

5 languages

Forms

knocks over, knocking over, knocked over, knocked over
Base formknock over · to knock over
3rd person singularknocks over
Present participleknocking over
Past simpleknocked over
Past participleknocked over

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyknock over
he, she, itknocks over

Past simpleLesson

all personsknocked over

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave knocked over
he, she, ithas knocked over

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill knock over

Phrasal verbs

13 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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