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Verb: knock over  nók ow-vu(r)
  1. Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
    "The cat knocked over the flower vase";
    - overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, bowl over, tump over
     
  2. [N. Amer, informal] Rob or steal from
    "The gang knocked over three banks last month"

Derived forms: knocked over, knocking over, knocks over

Type of: displace, move