Ignoring the ‘Please ring doorbell’ sign, they kept ____ on the door instead.

verb

1. To strike something with a sharp blow
2. To collide with something
3. Bustle

   "heard them knocking around in the kitchen"

4. Wander

   "knocked about Europe all summer"

5. To make a pounding noise
6. To have engine knock
7. To find fault
8. To set forcibly in motion with a blow
9. To cause to collide
10. To find fault with

    "always knocking those in authority"

idiom

1. Used to say that a person's heart is beating very hard, usually from nervousness or excitement

idiom

1. Used to say that a person's knees are shaking from nervousness or fear

verb

1. Drink, swallow

verb

1. To strike to the ground with or as if with a sharp blow fell
2. To dispose of (an item) to a bidder at an auction sale
3. To take apart disassemble
4. To receive as income or salary earn

   "positions where they were able to knock down good money"

5. Reduce

   "knocked the price down"

6. To succeed in making (a jump shot or foul shot)

   "She scored 10 points on the night with three assists. She also knocked down three out of four free-throw attempts."

verb

1. To stop doing something
2. To do hurriedly or routinely

   "knocked off one painting after another"

3. Discontinue, stop

   "knocked off work at five"

4. Deduct

   "knocked off a little to make the price more attractive"

5. Kill

   "knocked off two men … on mercenary grounds"

6. Overcome, defeat

   "knocked off each center of rebellion"

7. Rob

   "knocked off a couple of banks"

8. To make a knockoff of copy, imitate

   "knocks off popular dress designs"

verb

1. To produce roughly or hastily
2. To make inoperative or useless

   "electricity was knocked out by the storm"

3. To get rid of eliminate

   "knocked out illegal gambling"

4. To tire out exhaust

   "knocked themselves out with work"

5. To cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a baseball game by a batting rally

verb

1. Eliminate

   "knocked over every difficulty"

2. Steal
3. Rob

   "knocking over a bank"

verb

1. To make pregnant
2. Rouse, summon

noun

1. An enclosed piece of ground stocked with game and held by royal prescription or grant
2. A tract of land that often includes lawns, woodland, and pasture attached to a country house and is used as a game preserve and for recreation
3. A piece of ground in or near a city or town kept for ornament and recreation
4. An area maintained in its natural state as a public property
5. A space occupied by military vehicles, materials, or animals
6. Parking lot
7. An enclosed arena or stadium used especially for ball games
8. An area designed for a specified type of use (such as industrial, commercial, or residential use)

   "amusement parks"