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KNOCK BACK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cost a certain amount

Example:

My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000

Synonyms:

knock back; put back; set back

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "knock back" is one way to...):

be; cost (be priced at)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

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