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knock back
verb- to reject, especially sexual advances AUSTRALIA, 1918
- Knocking back a free night at the flea-pit too. — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- Only the other day I was offered Defence. I knocked it back. — Murray Bail, Holden’s Performance, p. 210, 1988
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 68, 1996
- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 66, 1998
- No big deal, being knocked back. Just one of those wanky things that this fuckin life’s full of. — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 7, 2002
- to drink UK, 1931
- “Yer gunna pin one on?” “What is this pin one on, Joe?” “Knock one back. Gunna ‘ave a drink?” — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, 1957
- You ain’t even finished with me and yer thinkin’ of knockin’ one back at fuckin’ Annie’s. — Lance Peters, The Dirty Half-Mile, p. 109, 1979
- Glen won’t mind, and I’ll just duck out with the boys, knock back a couple of uh, Co’ Colas. — Raising Arizona, 1987
- [T]he foam dribbling down your chin as you knock it back in victory! — Sydney Morning Herald, 12 October 2002
- to cost a person a specified amount UK, 1961
For example the phrase “that knocked him back a fiver”.
▶ knock back with a stick
to get more than enough casual sex AUSTRALIA, 1950
A jocular boast of sexual prowess.- At one stage there it was almost a riot. I was knockin’ the rotten things back with a stick. — Robert G. Barrett, Davo’s Little Something, p. 47, 1992
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