knock back
informal to drink, esp quickly
informal to cost
slang to reject or refuse: you cannot possibly knock back such an offer
slang to come as an unpleasant surprise to; disconcert
slang a refusal or rejection
prison slang failure to obtain parole
Words Nearby knock back
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use knock back in a sentence
Occasionally during a block party, Castro would join a few of the residents for a few hours and knock back a couple of beers.
‘I Just Thought He Was Odd’: Neighbors of the Cleveland Kidnapper on What They Saw | Christine Pelisek | May 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo ignore him was to ignore God and risk a knock back down to the bottom of the karmic ladder.
“People come to knock back good wine and have a good time,” explained Landon Parvin, a much sought-after speechwriter.
There was only one ship in the galaxy that could knock back a blip that big at such a distance.
The Misplaced Battleship | Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)There is a way around every tabu, knock on wood—but just watch out that the wood doesn't knock back!
The Ethical Way | Joseph Farrell
Now I don't want to knock back at your country, Mrs. Tasker, but it seems to me that's the English character.
A Crooked Mile | Oliver Onions
Other Idioms and Phrases with knock back
Also, knock it back. Gulp down an alcoholic beverage, as in He knocked back glass after glass of wine, or I hear you've been knocking it back a bit. [First half of 1900s]
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