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{{also|knockdown}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|En-au-knock down.ogg|a=AU}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb|*}}

# ''To hit or collide with''
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[hit]] or [[knock]] (something or someone), [[intentionally]] or [[accidentally]], so that it [[fall]]s.
##: {{ux|en|As I took the can off the shelf, I '''knocked down''' the one beside it.}}
##* {{quote-song|en|year=1977|author=Sonny James|title=In the Jailhouse Now|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x9PyODzhRQ|album=Sonny James In Prison, In Person|text=He was out tomcatting one night / When he started a big fight / And a big policeman came and '''knocked him down'''.}}
##* {{quote-song|en|title=This Is War|year=2012|author=w:Ingrid Michaelson|album=w:Human Again|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEQfM31dSeM|text=I won't surrender / I will fight better / You lock me out, you '''knock me down''' / But I will find my way around}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[demolish]].
##: {{ux|en|We '''knocked down''' the garden shed when we moved.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To [[reduce]] the [[price]] of.
##: {{ux|en|They '''knocked''' it '''down''' by another £5, so we bought it.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|usually|passive}} To [[disassemble]] for [[shipment]].
##: {{ux|en|The furniture is shipped '''knocked down''', so assembly is required.}}
# ''To acquire money, especially illicitly''
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[accumulate]] money, usually through crime.
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[embezzle]].
# ''To drink or party''
## {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To [[drink]] [[fast]].
##: {{ux|en|I love to go down the pub and '''knock down''' pints of lager.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|slang|Australian}} To spend extravagantly for a celebration.
# ''To choose, declare or approve.''
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[approve]] a [[drink]]ing [[toast]] by [[bang]]ing [[glass]]es on the [[table]].
##* '''1954''', H. C. N. de Lanerolle, ''"Well, Mudaliyar!" and Other Plays'' (page 179)
##*: They click their glasses and '''knock down''' the toast.
## {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To [[nominate]] (someone) to speak.
## {{lb|en|transitive|Australia|New Zealand}} To introduce (someone) to another, especially to a woman.
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To reject or override a decision.
##: ''The judge '''knocked''' the award '''down''' to a half-million.
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To sentence (someone) to prison or other sentence.
## {{lb|en|transitive}} At an [[auction]], to [[declare]] (something) [[sold]] with a [[blow]] from the [[gavel]].
##: {{ux|en|The picture was '''knocked down''' for £50.}}
# {{lb|en|dated|trains}} To send a stop signal to ensure a train is signalled to stop at the correct point.

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|hit or knock (something) so that it falls}} {{l|en|knock over}}
* {{sense|demolish}} {{l|en|demolish}}, {{l|en|destroy}}
* {{sense|declare something sold at an auction with a blow from the gavel}} {{l|en|sell}}
* {{sense|reduce the price of}} {{l|en|reduce}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|hit or knock (something) so that it falls}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|صَرَعَ}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|srazit}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|debati}}
* French: {{t+|fr|renverser}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|derribar}}, {{t+|gl|escudir}} {{qualifier|fruit}}, {{t+|gl|varexar}} {{qualifier|fruit}}
* Gallurese: {{t|sdn|abbattì}}, {{t|sdn|lampanni}}
* German: {{t+|de|umwerfen}}, {{t+|de|niederschlagen}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|abbattere}}
* Latin: {{t|la|prosternō}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|сруши}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kōpehupehu}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|abattre}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|slå ned}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zwalić|pf}}, {{t+|pl|zbić|pf}}, {{t+|pl|powalić|pf}}, {{t+|pl|obalić|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|derrubar}}
* Romagnol: {{t|rgn|abàtar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сбива́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|сбить|pf}}, {{t+|ru|вали́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|повали́ть|pf}}
* Sardinian:
*: Campidanese: {{t|sc|abbàttiri}}
* Sassarese: {{t|sdc|abbatí}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|derribar}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|పడద్రోయు|sc=Telu}}
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{{trans-see|demolish}}

{{trans-top|declare something sold at an auction with a blow from the gavel}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|adxudicar}}, {{t+|gl|outorgar}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κατακυρώνω}}
* Latin: {{t|la|addīcō}}
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{{trans-top|reduce the price of}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|砍价}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сбивать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|сбить|pf}}
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====References====
* {{sense|approve a toast by banging glasses on the table}} '''1873''', John Camden Hotten, ''The Slang Dictionary''

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