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knocking over

knocking over is the present participle and gerund of knock over.

Meaning of knock over

Verb

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

  1. To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it.
    • I knocked over a can of paint and spent the next hour cleaning up.
  2. (slang) To beat up, murder or kill.
  3. (slang) To finish eating or drinking (something).
  4. (slang) To arrest (someone).
  5. (slang) To rob; to stage a heist of.
    • The bandits knocked over another bank, making three this week.

Questions about knocking over

What is knocking over the present participle and gerund of?
Knocking over is the present participle and gerund of knock over.

Words near knocking over in the dictionary

  1. knocking one out of the park
  2. knocking one over with a feather
  3. knocking oneself out
  4. knocking out
  5. knocking out of the box
  6. knocking over
  7. knocking round
  8. knocking shop
  9. knocking shops
  10. knocking sideways
  11. knocking some sense into

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