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knockdown
[ nok-doun ]
adjective
- capable of knocking something down; overwhelming; irresistible:
a knockdown blow.
- constructed in separate parts that can readily be taken apart for easy storage, shipping, etc.:
a knockdown toolshed.
- offered or acquired for less than the prevailing rate:
first-rate goods at knockdown prices.
noun
- a knockdown object.
- an act or instance of knocking down, especially by a blow.
- something that fells or overwhelms.
- reduction or lowering, as in price or number:
The store offered a knockdown of 15 percent to its own employees.
- Slang. an introduction, especially to a person:
He gave me a real knockdown to the company.
- Nautical. the capsizing of a small boat as a result of a strong gust of wind.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of knockdown1
Example Sentences
And so it proved as he reacted swiftly and to deadly effect to sweep home Jacob Murphy's knockdown.
Linares, a three-division world champion, dropped Morales in the third and fourth rounds, and Morales couldn’t beat the count after the second knockdown.
Every round was 10-9 to the winner, with no knockdowns to score and none of the judges electing for a 10-10 round.
She was hounded out of her job and forced to sell her post office at a knockdown price in 2003.
Beterbiev's corner told him he needed a knockdown as the fight entered the championship rounds.
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