ADJ
- loud, sharp
- gentle, light
- determined
- timid
VERB + KNOCK
- hear
- answer
- She hurried to answer the knock at the door
PHRASES
- a knock at/on the door
- There was a loud knock at the door
ADJ
- hard, nasty, severe (figurative)
- the hard knocks of life
- minor
VERB + KNOCK
- get, have, take
- You've had a nasty knock on the head. (figurative) Their pride took quite a knock when they lost 5?0
- give sb/sth
ADV
- accidentally
- I accidentally knocked the vase off the table
- about, aside, over
- Her boyfriend had been knocking her about. Mind you don't knock that glass over
PREP
- against
- The stick knocked against the wall
- off
- He had knocked one of the pictures off the wall
- on
- I knocked my head on one of the beams
PHRASES
- knock sb/sth flying
- He was knocked flying as two policemen came crashing through the door
- knock sb off their feet
- The explosion knocked him off his feet
- knock sb out/senseless/unconscious
- The blow knocked him unconscious
- knock sb to the ground
ADV
- loudly
- softly
- politely, timidly
PREP
- at
- Someone knocked loudly at the door
- on
- She knocked timidly on the study door and entered
PHRASES
- without knocking
- Dobson walked straight into her office without knocking
