HyperDic: knock_against

English > 1 sense of the expression knock against:
VERBcontactknock against, run into, bump into, jar against, butt againstcollide violently with an obstacle
English > knock against: 1 sense > verb 1, contact
Meaningcollide violently with an obstacle.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonymsrun into, bump into, jar against, butt against
Broaderhit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide withhit against
See alsoknockknock against with force or violence
Spanishchocar, colisionar, golpearse contra, topar

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