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knock someone flat

knock someone flat verb: to knock someone down; to hit someone so they fall to the floor.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To knock someone down; to hit someone so they fall to the floor.

Forms of knock someone flat

third-person singular presentknocks someone flat
present participleknocking someone flat
past participleknocked someone flat
pastknocked someone flat

Questions about knock someone flat

What does knock someone flat mean?
Knock someone flat means to knock someone down; to hit someone so they fall to the floor.
What part of speech is knock someone flat?
Knock someone flat is a verb.
What is the past tense of knock someone flat?
The past tense of knock someone flat is knocked someone flat.

Words near knock someone flat in the dictionary

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

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