as in sips
to swallow in liquid form
desperately thirsty, she knocked back an entire glass of water without pausing
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“Knocks back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocks%20back. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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