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A powerful blow, able to knock a person down.
An act of knocking down; a blow that knocks down or fells to the ground; figurative an overwhelming blow; a stand-up or free fight. Also (U.S. collo…
A heavy or knock-down blow; a finisher. Also figurative.
A throw or blow that hurls a person or animal head first; a heavy fall, a ‘cropper’. Also figurative: a sudden dramatic misfortune or failure. Cf…
colloquial. A knock-down blow.