knock down

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.
   • As I took the can off the shelf, I knocked down the one beside it.
   • He was out tomcatting one night / When he started a big fight / And a big policeman came and knocked him down.1977, Sonny James, “In the Jailhouse Now”, in Sonny James In Prison, In Person

   Synonyms:

   level, knock over

2. (transitive) To demolish.
   • We knocked down the garden shed when we moved.

   Synonyms:

   level, demolish, destroy

3. (informal, transitive) To reduce the price of.
   • They knocked it down by another £5, so we bought it.

   Synonyms:

   level, reduce

4. (transitive, usually passive voice) To disassemble for shipment.
   • The furniture is shipped knocked down, so assembly is required.

   Synonyms:

   level

5. (transitive) To accumulate money, usually through crime.
6. (transitive) To embezzle.
7. (informal, transitive) To drink fast.
   • I love to go down the pub and knock down pints of lager.
8. (Australia, slang, transitive) To spend extravagantly for a celebration.
9. (transitive) To approve a drinking toast by banging glasses on the table.
   • They click their glasses and knock down the toast.1954, H. C. N. de Lanerolle, "Well, Mudaliyar!" and Other Plays (page 179)
10. (archaic, transitive) To nominate (someone) to speak.
11. (Australia, New Zealand, transitive) To introduce (someone) to another, especially to a woman.
12. (transitive) To reject or override a decision.
    • The judge knocked the award down to a half-million.