knock over
To accidentally hit something and make it fall on its side.
Meanings
To accidentally hit something and cause it to fall or topple.
"She reached across the desk and knocked over her coffee, spilling it all over the keyboard."
To hit and cause a person to fall, typically with a vehicle.
"A cyclist was knocked over by a taxi that jumped the pavement."
Informal slang: to rob a place, such as a bank or shop.
"The gang had planned to knock over the jewellery store on a busy Saturday morning."
Very common and mostly literal. Used for objects (knocking over a glass, a lamp) or people (a car knocking over a pedestrian). Also used informally to mean to rob a place such as a bank ('knock over a bank'), though this sense is informal and primarily North American slang.
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