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at knifepoint

at knifepoint prepositional phrase: being threatened with a knife; under coercion.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Being threatened with a knife; under coercion.
    • At knifepoint I was told to hand over my money.

Questions about at knifepoint

What does at knifepoint mean?
At knifepoint means being threatened with a knife; under coercion.
What part of speech is at knifepoint?
At knifepoint is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at knifepoint in the dictionary

  1. at home
  2. at homes
  3. at intervals
  4. at issue
  5. at it
  6. at knifepoint
  7. at large
  8. at last
  9. at latter Lammas
  10. at least
  11. at leisure

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