KNOCKED DOWN Synonyms: 191 Similar and Opposite Words

knocked down

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past tense of knock down

as in earned

to receive as return for effort she's knocking down a good salary, but she has to work very hard

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as in dismantled

to take apart right after the holidays the stores start to knock down the window displays

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as in downed

to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall the overexcited dog knocked the toddler down

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as in reduced

to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent they'll have to knock down the price of those televisions if they expect to sell any

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Recent Examples of knocked down How does a now 40-year-old Aubry, who has been knocked down a few times, pick herself back up to show everyone what she’s made of? —

Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026 Porter knocked down his seventh trey immediately, then jumped a passing lane for a steal and a dunk that tied it at 90. —

C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026 If one of those poles gets knocked out, then the whole economy gets knocked down. —

Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026 After a Kansas bucket, the hot shooting continued as Taylor Bigby knocked down another 3 and then Hunter made back-to-back 3-pointers to extend the lead to 20-9 midway through the first. —

Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026 This must have been before her husband knocked down the East Wing (where the first lady's office was located). —

Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 30 Jan. 2026 Crump knocked down three 3-pointers, which is notable since the rest of the Texas roster has combined for two makes from deep over the team's last three games. —

Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026 And while the past tenants of Royal Lodge exuded an elegant lore for the highbrow interests of a viscountess, the Jeffrey Epstein–associated Andrew is shrouded in such scandal that if Royal Lodge had been put on the real estate market, the listing price might have knocked down a few million. —

Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 29 Jan. 2026 Fudd missed a seventh 3-pointer — 11 in a row including her 0-for-4 performance Monday against Notre Dame — to start the second, but the Huskies’ sharpshooter wasn’t shaken and finally knocked down her first shot from deep 90 seconds after Strong connected. —

Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2026

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Matsumoto earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and a doctorate in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 31 Jan. 2026
This isn’t the first time the historical society has earned a grant from the nonprofit organization.

— Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026