Antonyms for knock over


Grammar : Verb
Spell : nok
Phonetic Transcription : nÉ’k


Definition of knock over

Origin :
  • Old English cnocian (West Saxon cnucian), "to pound, beat; knock (on a door)," likely of imitative origin. Meaning "deprecate, put down" is from 1892. Related: Knocked; knocking. Knock-kneed first attested 1774. Knock-down, drag-out is from 1827. Command knock it off "stop it" is first recorded 1880, perhaps from auctioneer's term for "dispose of quickly:"
  • At the commencement of the sales, he gave every one that wanted to purchase a paper containing a description of the lands that were to be sold; and, as the sales were cried, he called over the numbers and described the land; and when it got up to one dollar and a quarter an acre, if no body bid, after it was cried two or three times, he would say, knock it off, knock it off. [U.S. Senate record, 1834]
  • As in jolt : verb surprise; push suddenly
  • As in knock off : verb steal
  • As in level : verb destroy, demolish
  • As in astonish : verb surprise
  • As in overcome : verb beat, defeat
  • As in overthrow : verb defeat, destroy
  • As in overturn : verb flip over
  • As in plunder : verb ravage, steal
  • As in prostrate : verb overwhelm; wear out
  • As in raid : verb attack, pillage
  • As in stun/stupefy : verb amaze, shock
  • As in tumble : verb fall or make fall awkwardly
  • As in stun : verb shock
  • As in unhorse : verb overthrow
  • As in drown : verb submerge in liquid; submerge and die
  • As in fell : verb chop down
Example sentences :
  • How nicely he could knock over the mother, if only he had a shot-gun!
  • Extract from : « The Boy Settlers » by Noah Brooks
  • There, if you can knock over three or four of them, you've done your share.
  • Extract from : « Ben Comee » by M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan
  • There, take the guns with you and try and knock over a few ducks.
  • Extract from : « Old Gold » by George Manville Fenn
  • I will never wear my sword again if they did not knock over the statue in the dark.
  • Extract from : « The Emperor, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • We can knock over a couple of small antelope then, which will be plenty for all of us.
  • Extract from : « The Rogue Elephant » by Elliott Whitney
  • And would it be "lse-majest" to knock over the King's representative?
  • Extract from : « Affinities and Other Stories » by Mary Roberts Rinehard
  • He might go north, and knock over some casual Pawnee or inadvertent Sioux.
  • Extract from : « The Sunset Trail » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • If I should flop my wings I believe I'd knock over the whole village!
  • Extract from : « The Emerald City of Oz » by L. Frank Baum
  • "If I only had the gun I could knock over about twenty at once," Jim whispered.
  • Extract from : « The Ice Queen » by Ernest Ingersoll
  • And to think how it should a been just what the boys were telling me to knock over.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods » by Herbert Carter

Synonyms for knock over

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