Sentence examples for knock back from inspiring English sources

"knock back" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to mean to consume an alcoholic beverage quickly, or reject an idea or offer. For example: "We all quickly knocked back our beers before heading out to the club." or "The CEO knocked back our proposal so we had to go back to the drawing board."

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knock back

verb

To stun; to surprise.

  • I was knocked back by the sheer size of the hall.

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He said he'd otherwise knock back "whisky, vodka, tequila, whatever".

Tip out, knock back and shape into a round.

"He understood why we needed to try, to knock back the Taliban.

If I knock back a cocktail at 30,000 feet, will it knock me out?

But his side look like all good teams, happier when striving to knock back opponents.

But, too, I still need to knock back a couple regularly with Thor, Hulk and Wolverine.

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She rang every club within a 10-mile radius, getting knock-back after knock-back.

· If you get a knock-back, learn from it.

Cho Jae-jin met it there and provided an intelligent knock-back.

Labor has criticised the knock-back of the S Kidman and Co deal.

This year War Child came knocking again, and I didn't have the gall to give them knock-back.

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