knock over

Verb

Meaning

cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

upset overturn turn over bowl over tip over rob down level ground fell floor drop destroy overcome tip

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Antonyms

mount jag give increase develop gain

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Hypernyms

move displace

Related terms

knock knock off

Examples

You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly. Dwight D. Eisenhower

At Pottery Barn, if you knock over a lamp, you have to glue it back together, even if when you're done it looks terrible and it doesn't work. Oh, and you have to stay in the store forever. Oh, and it's an exploding lamp. Stephen Colbert

The cat knocked over the flower vase Source: Internet

the clumsy customer turned over the vase Source: Internet

he tumped over his beer Source: Internet

"It just takes a single person to knock over a domino." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

knock out of place knock out of position knock out of the box knock props out knock resistance knock round