Idiom
knock someone flat
Meaning
To knock someone down; to hit someone so they fall to the floor.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The heavy door swung open and knocked him flat.”
“The boxer threw a powerful punch that knocked his opponent flat in the final round.”
“The sudden force of the explosion knocked the soldier flat against the cold stone wall of the trench.”
Examples
simple
“The heavy door swung open and knocked him flat.”
contextual
“The boxer threw a powerful punch that knocked his opponent flat in the final round.”
complex
“The sudden force of the explosion knocked the soldier flat against the cold stone wall of the trench.”
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