Antonyms for knock down
Grammar : Verb |
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Phonetic Transcription : nÉ’k |
- abet
- accept
- admire
- agree
- aid
- allow
- approve
- arrange
- ascend
- assemble
- assist
- attract
- bear
- begin
- blow up
- boost
- break
- build
- build up
- clear up
- close
- close up
- clothe
- combine
- commend
- compliment
- conceal
- construct
- cover
- create
- deceive
- delude
- deny
- develop
- dissatisfy
- dissuade
- draw
- dry
- elevate
- encourage
- end
- enhance
- enlarge
- enlighten
- erase
- erect
- establish
- exalt
- expand
- explain
- explicate
- extend
- extract
- fail
- falsify
- fasten
- finish
- fix
- free
- give birth
- give in
- give up
- go up
- grow
- help
- hide
- hold
- hold back
- honor
- improve
- incite
- increase
- inflate
- institute
- jag
- join
- keep
- laud
- lengthen
- let go
- liberate
- lie
- lift
- lose
- make uneven
- maximize
- mend
- mislead
- misrepresent
- order
- organize
- overestimate
- overrate
- pass
- permit
- place
- please
- point away
- praise
- produce
- prolong
- put
- put together
- raise
- rebuild
- refuse
- release
- repair
- restore
- retreat
- rise
- rough up
- round
- sanction
- secrete
- set
- soothe
- start
- straighten
- strengthen
- subtract
- support
- suppress
- surrender
- take away
- turn
- uncompress
- unite
- upgrade
- uphold
- validate
- value
- withhold
- yield
Definition of knock down
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 introduce : verb make known; present
- As in level : verb destroy, demolish
- As in minimize : verb make smaller; underrate
- As in overthrow : verb defeat, destroy
- As in overturn : verb flip over
- As in quench : verb destroy, extinguish
- As in repel : verb push away; repulse
- As in tear down : verb demolish, raze
- As in topple : verb fall or knock over; overthrow
- As in tumble : verb fall or make fall awkwardly
- As in disassemble : verb take apart
- As in bring down : verb reduce or hurt
- As in acquaint : verb inform oneself or another about something new
- As in unhorse : verb overthrow
- As in deflate : verb humiliate
- As in demean : verb humble, humiliate
- As in demolish : verb destroy; consume
- As in dismantle : verb take apart
- As in fell : verb chop down
- As in flatten : verb level out
- As in floor : verb perplex, confound
- As in ground : verb restrict; drop in place
- The rest of you knock down the first man who offers to resist.
- Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
- Knock down a policeman, and come again when they let you out.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- Might knock down a few with the horse, but that won't hurt 'em to speak of.
- Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
- But who did you have to knock down in a dark place so as to steal his money off'n him?
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- "I'll knock down the first man who tries to pass me," he cried.
- Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White
- Knock down the man at the helm, and jam the tiller down hard!
- Extract from : « Salt Water » by W. H. G. Kingston
- "You seem to come up smiling after every knock down, Derrick," he said.
- Extract from : « Derrick Sterling » by Kirk Monroe
- It may fail to hit the mark, but it is sure to knock down the marksman.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs » by R. F. Horton
- When your shot is exhausted, knock down the enemy with the stock of your rifle.
- Extract from : « Human Bullets » by Tadayoshi Sakurai
- And after that, could I knock down any of my crew for being tipsy?
- Extract from : « The Maid of Sker » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Synonyms for knock down
- abase
- abbreviate
- abolish
- abrade
- accustom
- acquaint
- advance
- advise
- air
- annihilate
- announce
- annul
- apprise
- attenuate
- bad-mouth
- baffle
- bankrupt
- bar
- bare
- beach
- beat
- beat back
- beat down
- beat off
- belittle
- bemean
- bewilder
- blow down
- bowl down
- bowl over
- break
- break down
- break up
- bring down
- bring out
- bring to ruin
- bring up
- bring up short
- broach
- brush off
- buck
- bulldoze
- burst
- capsize
- cast aside
- cast down
- cause to fall
- chase away
- chasten
- cheapen
- check
- choke
- cleave
- clue
- collapse
- come out with
- compress
- confront
- conquer
- contemn
- cool
- countermand
- crack
- crush
- curtail
- cut
- cut down
- cut down to size
- cut rate
- damage
- dampen
- dash
- debase
- debunk
- decimate
- decline
- decrease
- decry
- defeat
- deflate
- degrade
- demolish
- denudate
- denude
- depose
- deprecate
- depreciate
- depress
- deprive
- derogate
- descend
- despise
- destroy
- destruct
- dethrone
- detract
- devastate
- devour
- dilapidate
- diminish
- dip
- dis
- disarrange
- disarray
- disassemble
- disclose
- discomfit
- disconcert
- discount
- dismantle
- dismember
- dismiss
- dismount
- disorder
- disown
- disparage
- dispirit
- dispute
- disrobe
- disturb
- divest
- divulge
- do a pratfall
- do away with
- do the honors
- dock
- douse
- down
- downplay
- drive away
- drive back
- drive off
- drop
- duel
- dumbfound
- dump on
- dwarf
- eat
- end
- enlighten
- equalize
- eradicate
- even out
- exterminate
- fall
- fall headlong
- falter
- familiarize
- fell
- fend off
- fight
- fill in
- fix up
- flatten
- floor
- flop
- flush
- force back
- force off
- founder
- gash
- get things rolling
- get together
- give cold shoulder to
- give introduction
- go belly up
- go down
- gobble up
- grade
- ground
- habituate
- hack
- harbinger
- herald
- hew
- hit the dirt
- hold back
- hold off
- humble
- inform
- injure
- intro
- introduce
- invalidate
- invert
- iron out
- jumble
- keel
- keel over
- keep at arm's length
- keep at bay
- keep off
- kick
- kick in the teeth
- kick off
- kill
- knock
- knock down
- knock over
- KO
- land
- lay
- lay low
- lead into
- lead off
- lessen
- let down easy
- let know
- let wind out of sails
- level
- liquidate
- lose footing
- lose it
- lower
- lurch
- make familiar
- make light of
- make little of
- mangle
- mess up
- miniaturize
- moisten
- moot
- mortify
- mow
- mow down
- murder
- nonplus
- nose-dive
- notify
- nullify
- obliterate
- offer
- open
- open up
- oppose
- originate
- oust
- overbalance
- overcome
- overpower
- overrun
- overthrow
- overturn
- overwhelm
- pan
- parry
- part out
- pave the way
- pitch
- plane
- plaster
- play down
- plummet
- plunge
- pooh-pooh
- poor-mouth
- post
- precede
- preface
- present
- prevent
- propose
- prostrate
- prune
- pull down
- pulverize
- puncture balloon
- purge
- push back
- put an end to
- put away
- put down
- put forward
- put in toilet
- put out
- put to flight
- puzzle
- quash
- quell
- raze
- rebuff
- rebut
- recommend
- reduce
- refuse
- reject
- repeal
- rescind
- resist
- reveal
- reverse
- rive
- roll
- ruin
- run down
- sag
- scorn
- set aside
- set forth
- sever
- shatter
- shoot
- shoot down
- shrink
- sink
- skid
- slash
- slay
- slip
- slump
- smash
- smooth
- smother
- snuff out
- spill
- split
- spread out
- spring with
- squash
- stagger
- stand up against
- start ball rolling
- stave off
- stifle
- stoop
- straighten
- strand
- strike
- strike down
- strip
- stumble
- stump
- subdue
- subjugate
- submit
- subvert
- suggest
- sunder
- suppress
- take a header
- take apart
- take down
- take out
- take to pieces
- tear down
- teeter
- tell
- terminate
- throw
- throw down
- tip
- tip over
- topple
- torpedo
- toss
- total
- totter
- trample
- trash
- traverse
- trip
- tumble
- turn down
- turn over
- turn upside down
- underestimate
- undermine
- underplay
- undo
- unhorse
- unrig
- unseat
- unsettle
- upend
- upset
- upturn
- usher
- vanquish
- ventilate
- void
- ward off
- warn
- waste
- wax
- wipe off map
- wipe off the map
- withstand
- wound
- wrack
- wreck
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