knock back
Example Sentences
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He also appeared to knock back a suggestion floated by the EU's defence commissioner Andrius Kubilius earlier this month for a possible European defence force that could replace US troops on the continent.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
But for all the tension in markets around the inflation release, any hope that one month's data will alter the Federal Reserve's tightening course received a knock back.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2022
"She would never, under any circumstances, not turn up for work. If she was sick, she may knock back some medicine but she'd always go in."
From BBC ● May 15, 2022
If you’re looking to narrow the field, forgo the dry and compact pork meatballs, which need every lick of tomato sauce to knock back.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
Now it had redundant solar panels, whose frequent bursts of coordinated electricity were strong enough to knock back an elephant.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
