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View synonyms for knock back
knock back
verb
- informal.to drink, esp quickly
- informal.to cost
- slang.to reject or refuse
you cannot possibly knock back such an offer
- slang.to come as an unpleasant surprise to; disconcert
noun
- slang.a refusal or rejection
- slang:prison.failure to obtain parole
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Also, knock it back . Gulp down an alcoholic beverage, as in He knocked back glass after glass of wine , or I hear you've been knocking it back a bit . [First half of 1900s]Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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