knocks down

present tense third-person singular of knock down
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knocks down
Verb
  • Players can multiply non-jackpot wins up to 10 times when the jackpot is $150 million or less.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
  • As a business owner, never be afraid to share your insights, stories, and customer wins on social media.
    Chelsea Tobin, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Shein takes down controversial listing The fast-fashion giant is conducting an investigation to determine why a shirt was promoted with what appeared to be an edited image of the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO last year.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Continue reading … ROLL BACK – Cracker Barrel takes down pride website after pressure from activists.
    , FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In between questions about Nineties cultural touchstones like Friends, Space Jam, Beavis and Butthead, the Spice Girls, and Sir-Mix-A-Lot — during which Kravitz racks up a lot of points and Butler downs a lot of shots — the pair also discusses working on Caught Stealing.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This not only reinforces clarity, but also reduces the reliance on employees having to scribble notes word for word to decode later.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The company earns a fee for paying the merchant upfront.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • That earns you in-game skill points and stat boosts.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Their process uses an inexpensive catalyst that selectively breaks down the most common single-use kind of plastics into liquid oils and waxes that can be upcycled into lubricants and fuels.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
  • If a vehicle breaks down on the road, going out and servicing that is a big problem.
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Every week, Netflix drops a bunch of new content for viewers to stream from TV and movie studios all over the world.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Katie Wiseman The second the temperature drops below 75, some Hoosiers are ready to get their favorite sweaters.
    Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Team productivity decreases across the board, and worse, disengagement becomes infectious.
    Alora Bopray, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Knocks down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocks%20down. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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