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knocked into

knocked into is the simple past and past participle of knock into.

Meaning of knock into

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To impress, instill, teach or convince (someone) of a fact, realization or ability.
    • He had to have obedience knocked into him.

Questions about knocked into

What is knocked into the simple past and past participle of?
Knocked into is the simple past and past participle of knock into.

Words near knocked into in the dictionary

  1. knocked down a notch
  2. knocked down a peg
  3. knocked down to size
  4. knocked for a loop
  5. knocked in
  6. knocked into
  7. knocked into a cocked hat
  8. knocked into shape
  9. knocked it off
  10. knocked it out of the ballpark
  11. knocked it out of the park

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Adapted from Wiktionary: knocked into (page history and authors); knock into (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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