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knock sideways

knock sideways verb: synonym of knock for a loop.

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of knock for a loop.

Synonyms of knock sideways

Forms of knock sideways

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

Questions about knock sideways

What does knock sideways mean?
Knock sideways means synonym of knock for a loop.
What part of speech is knock sideways?
Knock sideways is a verb.
What is the past tense of knock sideways?
The past tense of knock sideways is knocked sideways.

Words near knock sideways in the dictionary

  1. knock over
  2. knock round
  3. knock rummy
  4. knock shop
  5. knock shops
  6. knock sideways
  7. knock some sense into
  8. knock someone down with a feather
  9. knock someone flat
  10. knock someone for six
  11. knock someone into the middle of next week

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