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knocks someone off their perch

knocks someone off their perch is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 knocks someone off their perch

What is knocks someone off their perch the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Knocks someone off their perch is the third-person singular simple present indicative of knock someone off their perch.

Words near knocks someone off their perch in the dictionary

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

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