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knocked someone off their perch

knocked someone off their perch is the simple past and past participle of knock someone off their perch.

Meaning of knock someone off their perch

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To defeat or overcome someone who was in a dominant position.
    • Tiger Woods has been knocked off his perch as the No1 player in the world after Vijay Singh beat him in the Deutsche Bank Open last night.2004 September 7, “Singh on top of the world”, in The Guardian

Questions about knocked someone off their perch

What is knocked someone off their perch the simple past and past participle of?
Knocked someone off their perch is the simple past and past participle of knock someone off their perch.

Words near knocked someone off their perch in the dictionary

  1. knocked some sense into
  2. knocked someone down with a feather
  3. knocked someone flat
  4. knocked someone for six
  5. knocked someone into the middle of next week
  6. knocked someone off their perch
  7. knocked someone over with a feather
  8. knocked someone's socks off
  9. knocked someone's wind out
  10. knocked the ball out of the park
  11. knocked the corners off

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