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knocking someone flat

knocking someone flat is the present participle and gerund of knock someone flat.

Meaning of knock someone flat

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.

Questions about knocking someone flat

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

Words near knocking someone flat in the dictionary

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

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