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PUSH DOWN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to come or go down

Example:

The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet

Synonyms:

cut down; down; knock down; pull down; push down

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "push down" is one way to...):

strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "push down"):

submarine (bring down with a blow to the legs)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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