knock down | Idiomator

Meaning: To hit or collide withSynonym:level(transitive)Tohitorknock(something or someone),intentionallyoraccidentally, so that itfalls.As I took the can off the shelf, Iknocked downthe one beside it.1977, Sonny James, “In the Jailhouse Now”, inSonny James In Prison, In Person‎[1]:He was out tomcatting one night / When he started a big fight / And a big policeman came andknocked him down.2012,Ingrid Michaelson, “This Is War”, inHuman Again‎[2]:I won't surrender / I will fight better / You lock me out, youknock me down/ But I will find my way around(transitive)Todemolish.Weknocked downthe garden shed when we moved.(transitive,informal)Toreducethepriceof.Theyknockeditdownby another £5, so we bought it.(transitive,usuallypassive voice)Todisassembleforshipment.The furniture is shippedknocked down, so assembly is required.; To acquire money, especially illicitly(transitive)Toaccumulatemoney, usually through crime.(transitive)Toembezzle.; To drink or party(transitive,informal)Todrinkfast.I love to go down the pub andknock downpints of lager.(transitive,slang,Australia)To spend extravagantly for a celebration.; To choose, declare or approve.(transitive)Toapproveadrinkingtoastbybangingglasseson thetable.1954, H. C. N. de Lanerolle,"Well, Mudaliyar!" and Other Plays(page 179)They click their glasses andknock downthe toast.(transitive,archaic)Tonominate(someone) to speak.(transitive,Australia,New Zealand)To introduce (someone) to another, especially to a woman.(transitive)To reject or override a decision.The judgeknockedthe awarddownto a half-million.(transitive)To sentence (someone) to prison or other sentence.(transitive)At anauction, todeclare(something)soldwith ablowfrom thegavel.The picture wasknocked downfor £50.(transitive)Tosell.1950,Norman Lindsay,Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page74:She had to wait for the end of the sale before these matters were put up, and as the auctioneer was in a hurry to get the sale over, and most of the bidders had left, she got a full set of servant's bedroom furnitureknocked downto her for five pounds[.]; (dated,rail transport)To send a stop signal to ensure a train is signalled to stop at the correct point.; (transitive,firefighting)To reduce the burning of (a fire), as by cooling it with water or dirt.

Examples:

EN: - How about giving me a knock down of the cousin?
ES: ¿Qué tal si me presentas a tu prima?
EN: I threw my stick up to knock down some plums
ES: Cogí un palo para derribar algunas ciruelas
EN: This is too big to knock down.
ES: Es muy grande como para quitarle importancia.
EN: I'll knock down the whole glacier maybe.
ES: - Derribaré el glaciar entero.
EN: You want to knock down that big berg?
ES: Se vendrá abajo esa masa de hielo.
EN: Didn't you knock down the shed and take off Sgt. Cutter?
ES: Tiraste abajo la barraca y liberaste al sargento Cutter, ¿no?
EN: Hey, Wade, grab another team, we'll take a section of rail fence and knock down a strip of corn.
ES: Wade, llévate otro grupo, toma una parte del cerco y derriba una franja de maíz.
EN: You mean you used to fight.... knock down... all the...
ES: Quieres decir que...
EN: Well, you're gonna get there. Of course, you may knock down a few people and climb over them but you'll get there.
ES: Claro que para eso tendrás que pisar a unos cuantos, pero llegarás.
EN: I'll knock down ten of those rats for every one of our boys.
ES: Derribo a 10 de ellos por cada uno de nuestros chicos.
EN: Everything I build up for you you knock down.
ES: Todo lo que hago por ti, tú lo deshaces.
EN: He's ready to knock down a man who's drunk but he's not risking his own precious skin.
ES: Está preparado para derribar a un hombre borracho, pero sin arriesgar el pellejo.
EN: And I hope he comes a third time to knock all his teeth out even if I knock down the gate.
ES: Y ojalá y viniera por Ia tercera vez para volarle todos Ios dientes aunque nos quedemos sin portón.
EN: I had to knock down three people to get this stuff we're wearing here.
ES: Tuve que luchar para conseguir estas prendas.
EN: This can knock down any business.
ES: Está como para cerrar el comercio.

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