knock down

verb

1. to strike to the ground with a blow, as in boxing
2. (in auctions) to declare (an article) sold, as by striking a blow with a gavel
3. to demolish
4. to dismantle, for ease of transport
5. informal.
   to reduce (a price, etc)
6. slang.
   to spend (a cheque)
7. slang.
   to drink

adjective

1. overwhelming; powerful

   a knockdown blow

2. cheap

   I got the table at a knockdown price

3. easily dismantled

   knockdown furniture

noun

1. slang.
   an introduction

   will you give me a knockdown to her?

Example Sentences

The first in the room, to knock down the door, to break down the barriers, to pave the road that we all walk on.

From The Daily Beast

We would have to knock down some of the integrated air defense system of an adversary.

From The Daily Beast

The effect would be to knock down California's gay-marriage ban on a technicality, without affecting the rest of the country.

From The Daily Beast

It's from there that we cut spending, knock down taxes, and unleash American innovation.

From The Daily Beast

So this is what the right will try to do today—knock down the Benghazi narrative and accuse Crowley of bias.

From The Daily Beast

But you've taken a knock-down blow in a sporting way, and I want to do the thing handsome.

From Project Gutenberg

If he had a little more force he would be able to knock down sinners better.

From Project Gutenberg

To pull down a wall was nothing, but to knock down the sentry was a more formidable thing.

From Project Gutenberg

"They look as if their legs were going to knock down all the fence posts on the farm," he exclaimed.

From Project Gutenberg

Sam Clemens, himself a practical joker in his youth, found a healthy delight in this knock-down humor of the Comstock.

From Project Gutenberg

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• topple
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