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knock down

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Verb

  1. To hit or collide with: To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.
  2. To hit or collide with: To demolish.
  3. To hit or collide with: To reduce the price of.
  4. To hit or collide with: To disassemble for shipment.
  5. To acquire money, especially illicitly: To accumulate money, usually through crime.
  6. To acquire money, especially illicitly: To embezzle.
  7. To drink or party: To drink fast.
  8. To drink or party: To spend extravagantly for a celebration.
  9. To choose, declare or approve: To approve a drinking toast by banging glasses on the table.
  10. To choose, declare or approve: To nominate (someone) to speak.
  11. To choose, declare or approve: To introduce (someone) to another, especially to a woman.
  12. To choose, declare or approve: To reject or override a decision.
  13. To choose, declare or approve: To sentence (someone) to prison or other sentence.
  14. To choose, declare or approve: At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel.
  15. To choose, declare or approve: To sell.
  16. To send a stop signal to ensure a train is signalled to stop at the correct point.
  17. To reduce the burning of (a fire), as by cooling it with water or dirt.

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