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Knock Knocked Sb Sth I Sb/Sth Verb Knocking

Level A2 
Kind verb
Front knock 
IPA  /nɒk  ; US nɑːk  / verb
Back çalmak, tıklatmak
vurmak, devirmek, çarpmak
Back 2

knock (verb)

 /nɒk  ; US nɑːk  / verb
 
 1 [intransitive]
 knock (at/on sth)
to make a noise by hitting sth firmly with your hand
çalmak, tıklatmak
 Is that someone knocking at the door?
 I knocked on the window but she didn't hear me.
 2 [transitive]
knock sth (on/against sth)
to hit sb/sth hard, often by accident
vurmak, devirmek, çarpmak
 He knocked the vase onto the floor.
 Be careful not to knock your head on the shelf when you get up.
 to knock somebody unconscious
birini yere sermek
 3 [transitive] (informal)
to say bad things about sb/sth; to criticize sb/sth
yerden yere vurmak
 ‘I hate this town.’ ‘Don't knock it – there are far worse places to live.’
IDIOM
touch wood; (US) knock on wood
an expression that people use (often while touching a piece of wood) to prevent bad luck
tahtaya vur, şeytan kulağına kurşun
 I've been driving here for 20 years and I haven't had an accident yet – touch wood!
PHRASAL VERBS
knock about/around
(informal)
to be in a place; to travel and live in various places
sürtmek, dolanmak
 Is last week's newspaper still knocking about?
 I spent a few months knocking around Europe before I went to University.
knock sb down
to hit sb causing them to fall to the ground
ezmek;
yıkmak
 The old lady was knocked down by a cyclist.
knock sth down
to destroy a building, etc.
yıkmak
 They knocked down the old factory because it was unsafe.
knock off (sth)
(spoken)
to stop working
paydos etmek
 What time do you knock off?
knock sth off
1 (informal)
to reduce a price by a certain amount
indirim yapmak, fiyat kırmak
 He agreed to knock £10 off the price.
 2 (slang)
to steal sth
aşırmak, araklamak
knock sb out
1 to hit sb so that they become unconscious or cannot get up again for a while
nakavt etmek, bayıltmak, yere sermek
 The punch on the nose knocked him out.
 2 (used about a drug, alcohol, etc.) to cause sb to sleep
uyutmak, kendinden geçirmek
 Those three glasses of vodka really knocked her out.
knock sb out (of sth)
to beat a person or team in a competition so that they do not play any more games in it
yarışma dışı bırakmak;
elemek
 Belgium was knocked out of the European Cup by France.
knock sb/sth over
to cause sb/sth to fall over
devirmek, düşürmek
 Be careful not to knock over the drinks.
 

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