knock over

English

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Verb

knock 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.

Related terms

• knock
• knock off

Translations

To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it

• French: renverser (fr)
• Italian: rovesciare (it), far cadere
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• Portuguese: derrubar (pt)
• Spanish: derribar (es)