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  • 41knock-down-drag-out — noun see knock down, drag out …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 42knock-down-drag-out — adjective AmE using the most extreme methods to win: a knock down drag out political campaign …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 43knock down — Synonyms and related words: auction, auction off, auctioneer, bang, bash, bat, beat down, belittle, belt, biff, blow down, blow over, bonk, bowl down, bowl over, break down, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, bulldog, bulldoze, burn… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 44knock down — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To ruin] Syn. devastate, damage, trample; see destroy 1 , ravage . 2. [To hit] Syn. thrash, drub, kayo*; see beat 2 , hit 1 , knock out 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 45knock down — verb a) To hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls As I took the can off the shelf, I knocked down the one beside it. b) To demolish. We knocked down the garden shed when we moved. Syn …

    Wiktionary

  • 46knock down — /ˌnɒk daυn/ verb ♦ to knock something down to a bidder to sell something to somebody at an auction ● The furniture was knocked down to him for £100 …

    Marketing dictionary in english

  • 47knock down — /ˌnɒk daυn/ verb ♦ to knock something down to a bidder to sell something to somebody at an auction ● The furniture was knocked down to him for £100 …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 48knock down — To assign to a bidder at an auction by a knock or blow of the hammer. Property is said to be knocked down when the auctioneer, by the fall of his hammer, or by any other audible or visible announcement, signifies to the bidder that he is entitled …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 49knock down — To assign to a bidder at an auction by a knock or blow of the hammer. Property is said to be knocked down when the auctioneer, by the fall of his hammer, or by any other audible or visible announcement, signifies to the bidder that he is entitled …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 50knock down — {v. phr.} To reduce; lower. * /The realtors said that if we decided to buy the house, they would knock the price down by 10%./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms