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cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
the clumsy customer turned over the vase
The cat knocked over the flower vase
he tumped over his beer
How To Use knock over In A Sentence
- So please stop trying to make me into your own personal straw man to knock over and then scoff at with little snidey remarks and condescending interjections. TEXAS FAITH: Glenn Beck and the culture of fear | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com
- French synonyms for bousculer: bouleverser (to overturn), culbuter (to knock over), heurter (to knock against), pousser (to push) (but also to grow ...), secouer (to shake) French Word-A-Day:
- Fly-half problems For any country hoping to win the World Cup, it helps to have a laser-accurate goalkicker, a dominant lineout and a bunch of forwards who can generate enough force to knock over a rhinoceros. Lessons from the Six Nations
- It is designed to be difficult to knock over because of gyroscopes that work to keep it upright.
- They would satisfactorily bust a clay pipe or knock over a duck without the risk of ricochet.
- We tried our best to knock over difficulties.
- The racoons knock over the rubbish bins in search of food, and strew the contents all over the ground.
- French synonyms for bousculer: bouleverser (to overturn), culbuter (to knock over), heurter (to knock against), pousser (to push) (but also to grow ...), secouer (to shake) in Jules | Permalink French Word-A-Day:
- When he was a baby, just rolling in his cradle, the sound would knock over trees for miles around.
- She's not letting go of "tump," which means "to accidentally knock over," any time soon. World Hum
