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📖 Определения и значения для слова knock

📒 to hit a door, etc. in order to attract attention

  • He knocked three times and waited.
  • knock at/on something I knocked on the door and went straight in.
  • Somebody was knocking on the window.

📒 to hit something hard, often by accident

  • knock something against/on something Be careful you don't knock your head on this low beam.
  • knock against/on something Her hand knocked against the glass.
  • knock something She dropped the pile of books when he accidentally knocked her shoulder.

📒 to hit something so that it moves or breaks

  • knock something + adv./prep. He'd knocked over a glass of water.
  • I knocked the nail into the wall.
  • They had to knock the door down to get in.

📒 to put somebody/something into a particular state by hitting them/it

  • knock somebody/something + adj. The blow knocked me flat.
  • He was knocked senseless by the blow.
  • knock somebody/something doing something She knocked my drink flying.

📒 to make a hole in something by hitting it hard

  • They managed to knock a hole in the wall.

📒 if your heart knocks, it beats hard; if your knees knock, they shake, for example from fear

  • My heart was knocking wildly.

📒 to make a regular sound of metal hitting metal, especially because there is something wrong

📒 to criticize somebody/something, especially when it happens unfairly

  • The newspapers are always knocking the England team.
  • It may sound pretty childish, but don't knock it until you've tried it.

📒 to force people to stop arguing and behave in a sensible way

📒 to hit somebody very hard several times and hurt them very much

  • Get out or I’ll beat the living daylights out of you!

📒 to hit somebody/something very hard

  • He was a dirty player and loved to kick hell out of the opposition.

📒 to surprise or impress somebody very much

📒 to train somebody so that they do a particular job, task, etc. well

  • It took him just two weeks to knock the new recruits into shape.

📒 to make something more acceptable, organized or successful

  • I've got all the information together but it still needs knocking into shape.
  • It shouldn’t take long to get the company back into shape.

📒 to affect somebody very deeply

  • The business over the lawsuit had really knocked her for six.

📒 used to threaten somebody that you will hit them

📒 to impress somebody very much

  • You look fabulous—you'll knock ’em dead tonight.

📒 to be very much better than somebody/something

  • She knocks the rest of the cast into a cocked hat.

📒 used to tell somebody to stop making a noise, annoying you, etc.

  • Knock it off, kids—I’m trying to work.

📒 to make somebody lose their position as somebody/something successful or admired

  • A lot of teams are looking to knock us off our perch.

📒 to stop something from happening; to stop doing something

  • The recession knocked on the head any idea of expanding the company.
  • By eleven o’clock we were all tired so we knocked it on the head.

📒 used when talking about your previous good luck or your hopes for the future, to avoid bringing bad luck

  • I've been driving for over 20 years and never had an accident—knock on wood!

📒 to surprise or shock somebody so much that they are unable to react immediately

📒 to try and persuade somebody to stop behaving in a stupid way, sometimes using rough or violent methods

  • Try and talk some sense into her before she makes the wrong decision.
  • Where would I be without you to knock some sense into my head?

📒 to be very much better than somebody/something

  • She knocks spots off all the other candidates.

📒 to make somebody lose their confidence and enthusiasm

📒 used to express surprise

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