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knock down

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knock something down
1. to show that an idea or opinion is completely wrong. He knocked down my business plan, saying I couldn't raise the money to do it. Every time I make a suggestion, you knock it down.
2. to reduce the price of something or the amount you want for something. He usually charges $50, but he knocked it down to $40. He wanted $300 for the ring, but we got him to knock down the price.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of knock something down (= to cause a structure to fall)
See also: down, knock

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Eight foot and a half, and 'twill knock down a calf"--here he made it whistle in the air--"and I hope it will knock down you.
I will put that poor little boy on the top of the tree, and then I will knock down the wall, and my garden shall be the children's playground for ever and ever.
So I started on my hands and knees, because I could go faster that way, and with more confidence, too, and not knock down things.
 
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