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knock on

knock on verb: to commit a foul by knocking the ball forward.

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To commit a foul by knocking the ball forward.
    • It then took a desperate piece of defending from Ben Foden to deny Scotland a try in the left-hand corner, the full-back reaching out an arm to knock the ball from Simon Danielli's grasp, Nick de Luca knocking on with the line at his mercy.2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport
  2. (slang) To have an affair; to commit adultery.
    • He's knocking on with her.
    • Those two knocked on together.

Forms of knock on

third-person singular presentknocks on
present participleknocking on
past participleknocked on
pastknocked on

Questions about knock on

What does knock on mean?
Knock on means to commit a foul by knocking the ball forward.
What part of speech is knock on?
Knock on is a verb.
What is the past tense of knock on?
The past tense of knock on is knocked on.

Words near knock on in the dictionary

  1. knock knock jokes
  2. knock knocks
  3. knock off
  4. knock off someone's block
  5. knock offs
  6. knock on
  7. knock on heaven's door
  8. knock on the door of
  9. knock on the head
  10. knock on wood
  11. knock one out

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