knock over

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

knock over (third-person singular simple present knocks over, present participle knocking over, simple past and past participle knocked over)

1. To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it

   I knocked over a can of paint and spent the next hour cleaning up.

2. (slang) To beat up, murder or kill.
3. (slang) To finish eating or drinking (something).
4. (slang) To arrest (someone).
5. (slang) To rob; to stage a heist of.

   The bandits knocked over another bank, making three this week.

Related terms

• knock
• knock off

Translations

to bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it

• French: renverser (fr)
• Hungarian: feldönt (hu), kidönt (hu), ledönt (hu), lever (hu), kiborít (hu), felborít (hu), fellök (hu)
• Italian: rovesciare (it), far cadere
• Nepali: ढाल्नु (ḍhālnu)
• Polish: strącać impf, strącić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: derrubar (pt)
• Spanish: derribar (es)
• Swedish: välta (sv)

(slang) to rob; to stage a heist of — see rob