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Verb: knock against
  1. Collide or make sudden contact with something or someone
    "The boat knocked against the pier in the rough waters";
    - run into, bump into, jar against, butt against

Derived forms: knocked against, knocks against, knocking against

Type of: collide with, hit, impact, impinge on, run into, strike