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knocking over

verb , present participle of knock over

Synonyms and Antonyms of knocking over

1 to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully

he knocked over six convenience stores before getting caught

Synonyms of knocking over

burglarizing, burgling, knocking off, ripping off, robbing, stealing (from), taking off [slang]

Words Related to knocking over

ransacking, rifling

despoiling, looting, pillaging, plundering, ravishing, sacking, spoiling, stripping

bleeding, breaking in, cheating, chiseling (or chiselling), cozening, defrauding, exploiting, fleecing, gypping, hustling, mulcting, plucking, rooking, shortchanging, skinning, squeezing, sticking, stinging, swindling

holding up, mugging, rolling, sticking up

2 to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall

knocked me over trying to get out the door

Synonyms of knocking over

bowling (down or over), downing, dropping, felling, flooring, knocking down, leveling (or levelling), mowing (down), prostrating

Words Related to knocking over

kayoing, knocking out, KO'ing

overthrowing, throwing down, toppling

banging, bashing, belting, bludgeoning, clobbering, hammering, hitting, jabbing, pasting, poking, pounding, punching, slamming, slapping, slogging, slugging, smacking, smiting, socking, swatting, swiping, thumping, thwacking, walloping, whacking, whaling

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