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Definition of Knock against
1. Verb. Collide violently with an obstacle. "I ran into the telephone pole"
Generic synonyms: Collide With, Hit, Impinge On, Run Into, Strike
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knock Against
Literary usage of Knock against
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1863)
"The old blind man, left to the ordeal of the desert—the daughter in agony hanging
upon the murderer for consolation—knock against the heart ..."
2. A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words by William Toone (1832)
"Still bearing them in hand, Letting the cherry knock against their lips, And draw
it by their mouths. ..."
3. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... ndi-nka m/i-ka-kiila, if you walk by the way and it is your little toe you
knock against a root, you say, I shall be satisfied where I am going. ..."
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