as in to sip
to swallow in liquid form
desperately thirsty, she knocked back an entire glass of water without pausing
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Recent Examples of knock back
People and buildings further afield will be violently knocked back.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Cartoon critters like monkeys or pigs knocking back bottles are common.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appétit, 22 Jan. 2025
Newcastle knocked back an £11m bid from Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce for defender Lloyd Kelly yesterday.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Its sequel is now in development, with delays knocking back its planned release date to October 1, 2027.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Cartoon critters like monkeys or pigs knocking back bottles are common.
—Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appétit, 22 Jan. 2025
Newcastle knocked back an £11m bid from Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce for defender Lloyd Kelly yesterday.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Its sequel is now in development, with delays knocking back its planned release date to October 1, 2027.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knock back
Verb
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The beer garden and front patio are both excellent places to soak up the sunny weather and sip a cold one. 3keysbrewing.com; 2505 Manatee Ave.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 Mar. 2025
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Once inside the dining hall, Middleton paid for the soldiers’ drinks and was even spotted sipping a half-pint of Guinness — the unit’s go-to drink — herself, People reported.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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Tonya drinks too much and is blacked out most of the time.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2025
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Currently, more than 200 million Americans, or about 75% of the population, drink fluoridated water.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Slurp your bev up like a straw or tip the bottle back to gulp it down.—
Louryn Strampe,
WIRED,
22 Mar. 2025
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That would have been like the Celtics willingly trading, gulp, Paul Pierce to the Heat at one point.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Knock back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knock%20back. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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