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desperately thirsty, she knocked back an entire glass of water without pausing
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His rescuers were absolutely hammered— knocking back beers, aimlessly touring the storm—but their drunken hearts were in the right place.
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Leath Tonino, Outside Online, 23 Feb. 2017
In Paris, Diana was tricked, by her husband and mine, into knocking back a wineglass that had a dead fly in it.
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
But later, Chiles' score was knocked back down when the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled her appeal was submitted four seconds too late.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
Yet what so many of us recall haplessly knocking back in those bad old days is not even true tequila.
—Chantal Martineau, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2015
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Leath Tonino, Outside Online, 23 Feb. 2017
In Paris, Diana was tricked, by her husband and mine, into knocking back a wineglass that had a dead fly in it.
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
But later, Chiles' score was knocked back down when the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled her appeal was submitted four seconds too late.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
Yet what so many of us recall haplessly knocking back in those bad old days is not even true tequila.
—Chantal Martineau, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2015
See all Example Sentences for knock back
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“Knock back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knock%20back. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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