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Definition of knock down phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

knock down

phrasal verb
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knock somebody down (from something) (to something)
  1. (informal) to persuade somebody to reduce the price of something
    • I managed to knock him down to $400.
knock somebody down/over
  1. to hit somebody and make them fall to the ground
    • She was knocked down by a bus.
    • He knocked his opponent down three times in the first round.
knock something down
  1. to destroy a building by breaking its walls synonym demolish
    • These old houses are going to be knocked down.
    Topics Buildingsb2
knock something down (from something) (to something)
  1. (informal) to reduce the price of something
    • He knocked down the price from $80 to $50.
    see also knock-down
See knock down in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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