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verb (knocks down, knocking down, knocked down)
  1. (transitive) To hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls
    As I took the can off the shelf, I knocked down the one beside it.
  2. (transitive) To demolish.
    We knocked down the garden shed when we moved.
  3. (transitive) At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel.
    The picture was knocked down for £50.
  4. (context, transitive, informal) To reduce the price of.
    They knocked it down by another £5, so we bought it.
    1. To drink fast
    I love to go down the pub and pints of lager.
Translations: (trans-top, hit or knock (something) so that it falls)
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(trans-bottom) (trans-top, demolish)
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(trans-bottom) (trans-top, declare something sold at an auction with a blow from the gavel)
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(trans-bottom) (trans-top, reduce the price of)
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