knock over

English

Pronunciation
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Verb

knock over (third-person singular simple present knocks over, present participle knocking over, simple past and past participle knocked over)

  1. To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it
    I knocked over a can of paint and spent the next hour cleaning up.
  2. (slang) To rob; to stage a heist of.
    The bandits knocked over another bank, making three this week.

Translations
(slang) to rob; to stage a heist of — see rob
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