knock to

knock (someone or something) to (something)

1. To send someone or something to a certain position as the result of a sudden blow or impact. She knocked an incredible shot to the back of the net. The force of the earthquake knocked everyone to the ground.
2. To break something into pieces as the result of a swift blow or impact. The workers knocked the wall to pieces with their sledgehammers.
See also: knock
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

knock something to someone

to hit something, such as a ball, to someone. The coach knocked the ball to each player in turn. The ball was knocked to the guy out in center field.
See also: knock
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • knock (someone or something) to (something)
  • make a mark
  • be knocked out cold
  • get knocked out cold
  • knock back a drink
  • bejeebers
  • flick (something) with (something)
  • flick with
  • strip (someone or something) of (something)
  • strip of
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Buses also run through Knock to cities including Dublin and Galway.
It's hoped the Pope could hold an event at the Marian shrine in Knock to allow more people to see him and alleviate the numbers travelling to the capital for a Mass in Phoenix Park.
When the porter is awakened from a drunken stupor by knocking at the door he invites three imaginary guests into his hangover, using knock knock to introduce each one.
Now over a million people visit Knock to pray at the shrine.
Two factors could increase the chance of knock to occur.
In the first attack, an elderly woman answered a knock to her door in Lawnview Street, North Belfast, at 7.05pm on Monday.
He said: "The Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2000 will be coming before the Senate in the near future and it will give an opportunity for places like Knock to be highlighted.
The common name of the energy basis intensity is SEPO (Signal Energy of Pressure Oscillations), and the SEPO method takes the average value of the square of the filtered pressure from the onset of knock to a given point of crank angle degree.
Don't bother getting yourself a decent accountant, just head to Knock to sort out your j to r Revenue woes.
And a marketing firm aims to boost the total number of passengers using Knock to 500,000 by 2003, compared with 162,000 last year.