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knocking someone off their perch

knocking someone off their perch is the present participle and gerund 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 knocking someone off their perch

What is knocking someone off their perch the present participle and gerund of?
Knocking someone off their perch is the present participle and gerund of knock someone off their perch.

Words near knocking someone off their perch in the dictionary

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

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