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knock over
verb- to rob US, 1925
- Buster, what did you do, knock over a bank or something? — George Mandel, Flee the Angry Strangers, p. 122, 1952
- You snatched a pimp here; you knocked over a bookie or gambling joint there. — Caryl Chessman, Cell 2456 Death Row, p. 184, 1954
- Ice, if we only knock over three of ‘em, we split maybe ten to fifteen G’s between us. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 252, 1969
- I’ll admit under durress that he fucked my mother ... but shikses? I can no more imagine him knocking over a gas station. — Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint, p. 94, 1969
- We’re going to knock over a bank so stiff it’ll never get up. — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 76, 1970
- "Sure," Phillips said. "Give me the location and we’ll knock him over." — Leonard Shecter and William Phillips, On the Pad, p. 150, 1973
- To keep an eye on things, I brought in my kid brother Dominick and some desperados from back home and started knockin’ over high rollers, casino bosses, bookmakers[.] — Casino, 1995
- to raid an establishment US, 1929
- The trip to the form-up point was full of anticipation, with everyone keen to get a start and knock the place over. — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 229, 2001
- to kill; to slaughter US, 1823
- Maybe you could knock over a fowl us, Uncle. — Kylie Tennant, The Honey Flow, p. 69, 1956
- to arrest US, 1924
- [T]his is not the first time she gets knocked over so she will be cooling it there for quite a while! — John Rechy, City of Night, p. 128, 1963
- to drink AUSTRALIA, 1924
- I reckon I could knock over a schooner. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 44, 1957
- — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 85, 1957
- After a while he nodded off and the boys settled down to knocking over a few cans and getting some fish in the boat. — Bob Staines, Wot a Whopper, p. 37, 1982
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