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   knock back

   • ▪ reject or discourage a person making a request or suggestion
   • ▪ cost someone a specified, typically large, amount of money
   • ▪ consume a drink quickly and entirely
   • ▪ work risen dough by vigorous kneading to expel air before baking

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   What is the meaning of knock back?

   • Definition of knock back. knock back. verb - transitive. to drink. I'm just gonna knock back a few at home and watch the game. See more words with the same meaning: to eat, drink.

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   What is knock back phrasal verb?

   • (British English, informal) to cost somebody a lot of money That house must have knocked them back a bit. (informal) to drink something quickly, especially an alcoholic drink Definition of knock back phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does it mean if you knock back a drink?

   • If you knock back a drink, especially an alcoholic one, you drink it quickly, and often in large amounts. He was knocking back his 10th gin and tonic of the day. [VERB PARTICLE noun] She poured some vodka into a glass and knocked it back in two swallows. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

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   What is a knock-back?

   • A refusal, rejection, or setback. ‘He has suffered more knock-backs in the last two years than most players will suffer in a career.’ ‘It has taken seven years' hard work and several knock-backs along the way for the sports centre committee to get from idea stage to securing the funding and work beginning.’

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   The meaning of KNOCK BACK is drink, swallow; specifically : to toss down (an alcoholic beverage).

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   to quickly drink something, especially a lot of alcohol: She was knocking back the champagne at Maria's party.

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   KNOCKBACK definition: 1. an occasion when someone refuses to go out with, accept, employ, etc. another person: 2. an…. Learn more.

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   If an event, situation, or person knocks you back, they prevent you from progressing or achieving something. [mainly British] It seemed as though every time we got rolling something came along to knock us back. [VERB noun PARTICLE] That really knocked back any hope for further peace negotiations.

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   (informal) to drink something quickly, especially an alcoholic drink. See knock back in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Definition of knock back phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Define knock back. knock back synonyms, knock back pronunciation, knock back translation, English dictionary definition of knock back. v. knocked , knock·ing , knocks v. tr. 1. To strike with a hard blow: knocked him on the head. 2. To affect in a specified way by striking hard: knocked the...

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   Knock back definition: to drink, esp quickly. See examples of KNOCK BACK used in a sentence.