What does knock against mean?

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knock against

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. run into, bump into, jar against, butt against, knock againstverb

    collide violently with an obstacle

    "I ran into the telephone pole"

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  1. knock against

    "Knock against" is a phrase which typically refers to the act of colliding or hitting something with force or accidentally. This can refer to a physical collision or be used metaphorically to mean finding flaws or criticizing something or someone.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of knock against in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of knock against in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of knock against in a Sentence

  1. Barry Schwartz:

    The knock against Magna has been that they haven't had the Asian and European exposure that some of the other players do, and now they do.

  2. Wayne Gretzky:

    Now youre playing against men, youre playing against the best players in the world, lets be honest, we had fun and we were pretty good but these kids today with the level of skill and size and speed, theyre so much better than when we played. Thats not a knock against us. That means the game is growing and getting better all the time.

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