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Antonyms for knocks over
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : nok |
Phonetic Transcription : nɒk |
- activate
- aid
- allow
- approve
- arrange
- ascend
- assist
- assuage
- bear
- bore
- build
- calm
- clarify
- clear up
- combine
- comfort
- construct
- continue
- create
- deceive
- dry
- enable
- encourage
- energize
- enlighten
- erect
- establish
- expect
- explain
- fail
- fix
- float
- forfeit
- give
- give in
- go up
- grow
- guard
- help
- hold
- improve
- increase
- institute
- invigorate
- jag
- join
- keep
- lie
- lose
- mobilize
- order
- organize
- pass
- permit
- placate
- place
- please
- point away
- protect
- pursue
- raise
- receive
- refresh
- release
- repair
- rescue
- retreat
- rise
- rough up
- sanction
- save
- soothe
- stand
- start
- straighten
- strengthen
- surrender
- turn
- underwhelm
- unite
- uphold
- validate
- yield
Definition of knocks 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
- She knocks over a chair, 'Oh dear, everything catches in me.
- Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
- Then he knocks over the vessel, spilling the water on the ground.
- Extract from : « Omaha sociology (1884 N 03 / 1881-1882 (pages 205-370)) » by James Owen Dorsey
- If any one knocks over the pile, he must become back, and the game begins over again.
- Extract from : « Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium » by Jessie H. Bancroft
- He wuz fer havin' a fight, an' we knocks over one of the big urns an' lit in the tank.
- Extract from : « Lady Larkspur » by Meredith Nicholson
- He also makes slings of fibre, wherewith he knocks over birds, and mats from a species of Cyperus.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- I take him out every afternoon, and each day, just as the clock strikes five, he knocks over a strange young man for me.
- Extract from : « Queed » by Henry Sydnor Harrison
- He then knocks over both the other cups, and finds in them the two missing balls.
- Extract from : « Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements » by Various
- Any player who knocks over an eraser or who unclasps hands must take his seat, the erasers again being replaced.
- Extract from : « My Book of Indoor Games » by Clarence Squareman
- There's them that wants permotion in such a hurry that they all but knocks over the wans in front of 'em.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
Synonyms for knocks over
- abolish
- amaze
- annul
- appropriate
- asphyxiate
- assail
- assault
- astonish
- astound
- be victorious
- beat
- bemuse
- best
- bewilder
- blockade
- blow away
- blow down
- blow one's mind
- boggle
- bomb
- bombard
- bowl down
- bowl over
- breach
- break in
- bring down
- bring low
- bring to ruin
- bulldoze
- bump
- burn
- capsize
- cause to fall
- charge
- churn
- cleave
- come out on top
- confound
- confuse
- conquer
- convulse
- countermand
- cripple
- crush
- cut
- cut down
- dash
- daze
- debilitate
- defeat
- deluge
- demolish
- depose
- depredate
- descend
- descend on
- despoil
- destroy
- dethrone
- devastate
- dip
- disable
- disarm
- disarrange
- disarray
- discompose
- disorder
- disturb
- do a pratfall
- do away with
- douse
- down
- drain
- drench
- drop
- drown
- dumbfound
- engulf
- equalize
- eradicate
- exhaust
- exterminate
- fall headlong
- fall upon
- fatigue
- fell
- filch
- fire on
- flabbergast
- flatten
- fleece
- flood
- floor
- flop
- fog
- forage
- foray
- frazzle
- gash
- get around
- get the better of
- give a turn
- go belly up
- go down
- go under
- grab
- ground
- gut
- hack
- harass
- harry
- heat
- hew
- hit
- hit like ton of bricks
- hit the dirt
- hurdle
- immerse
- immobilize
- impair
- incapacitate
- inroad
- inundate
- invade
- invalidate
- invert
- jar
- jerk
- jog
- jostle
- jumble
- keel
- keel over
- kip
- knock
- knock down
- knock off
- knock out
- knock over
- knock socks off
- knock unconscious
- lay low
- lay out
- lay waste
- lean against
- lean on
- level
- liberate
- lick
- lift
- liquidate
- loft
- loot
- lose footing
- lose it
- mangle
- maraud
- march on
- master
- mess up
- moonlight requisition
- mow
- mow down
- muddle
- nose-dive
- nullify
- obliterate
- oust
- outlive
- overbalance
- overcome
- overflow
- overpower
- overrun
- overthrow
- overtire
- overturn
- overwhelm
- paralyze
- perturb
- petrify
- pilfer
- pillage
- pinch
- pirate
- pitch
- plummet
- plunder
- plunge
- prevail
- prey
- prostrate
- prowl
- pull down
- purge
- purloin
- put an end to
- put one away
- raid
- rake
- ransack
- raze
- reduce
- relieve
- render
- repeal
- requisition
- rescind
- reverse
- rifle
- rip off
- rise above
- rive
- rob
- rock
- roll
- ruin
- sack
- sag
- sally
- sally forth
- salvage
- sap
- set aside
- sever
- shake
- shake up
- shell
- shock
- shoot
- shoot down
- shove
- sink
- skid
- slash
- slip
- slough
- slump
- smash and grab
- smooth
- snatch
- soak
- sop
- souse
- spill
- split
- spoil
- spoliate
- spring on
- spring something on
- stagger
- start
- startle
- stick up
- stifle
- storm
- strafe
- strike
- strike down
- strike dumb
- strip
- stumble
- stun
- stupefy
- subdue
- subjugate
- subvert
- suffocate
- sunder
- surmount
- surprise
- survive
- swamp
- sweep
- swoop
- take a header
- take aback
- take breath away
- tear down
- terminate
- thieve
- throw
- throw a curve
- throw down
- tip
- tip over
- tire
- topple
- torpedo
- toss
- trip
- triumph over
- tucker out
- tumble
- turn over
- turn upside down
- unseat
- unsettle
- upend
- upset
- upturn
- vanquish
- void
- waste
- weary
- weather
- whelm
- win
- wipe out
- worst
- wreck
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