knock

knock
[nɒk, Am nɑ:k] n
1) (sound) Klopfen nt;
‘\knock \knock’ „klopf, klopf“;
to give a \knock at [or on] the door an der Tür klopfen;
there was a \knock on the door es hat [an der Tür] geklopft
2) (blow) Schlag m, Stoß m;
he received a nasty \knock on the head er bekam einen bösen Schlag auf den Kopf;
the school of hard \knocks eine harte Schule;
to have learned everything in the school of hard \knocks [im Leben] durch eine harte Schule gegangen sein;
to take a \knock (fam) einen [Schicksals]schlag erleiden; confidence einen Knacks bekommen (fam)
to be able to take a lot of \knocks viel einstecken können (fam) vi
1) (hit) klopfen;
a rope \knocked against the side of the ship ein Seil schlug gegen die Schiffswand;
to \knock at the door/on the window an die Tür/ans Fenster klopfen
2) tech engine, pipes klopfen
3) (be approaching)
to be \knocking on 40/50/60 auf die 40/50/60 zugehen
PHRASES:
sb's knees are \knocking jdm schlottern die Knie;
\knock on wood (Am, Aus) dreimal auf Holz klopfen vt
1) (hit)
to \knock sth gegen etw akk stoßen;
to \knock sb jdm einen Schlag versetzen;
(less hard) jdm einen Stoß versetzen;
he \knocked my arm er stieß gegen meinen Arm;
to \knock a hole/nail into the wall ein Loch/einen Nagel in die Wand schlagen;
to \knock sb to the ground jdn zu Boden werfen;
to \knock sb unconscious [or senseless] jdn bewusstlos schlagen
2) (drive)
to \knock sth out of sb jdm etw austreiben;
to \knock some of the arrogance out of sb jdn von seinem hohen Ross herunterholen;
to \knock the bottom out of sth etw zusammenbrechen lassen;
to \knock some [or a bit of] sense into sb jdn zur Vernunft bringen
3) (fam: criticize)
to \knock sb/sth jdn/etw schlechtmachen (fam)
don't \knock it till you've tried it mach es nicht schon runter, bevor du es überhaupt ausprobiert hast (fam)
PHRASES:
to \knock sth on the head (Brit, Aus) (stop sth) etw dat ein Ende bereiten [o (fam) abblasen]; (complete sth) etw zu Ende bringen;
to \knock an idea/plan on the head (Brit, Aus) einen Gedanken/Plan verwerfen;
to \knock sb sideways [or (Brit a.) for six] jdn umhauen (sl)
to \knock [the] spots off sb/sth (Brit) jdn/etw in den Schatten stellen [o (fam) in die Tasche stecken]; sports jdn/etw um Längen schlagen;
to \knock 'em dead (Am) (fam) jdn von den Sitzen reißen (fam), es jdm zeigen (fam)
okay, son, go and \knock 'em dead! also los, Junge, geh und zeig's ihnen! (fam)

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