Used mainly in construction, carpentry and painting to mean "finish the current job before moving on".
worker: you want me to start painting those door jams, boss?
foreman: we're still behind schedule on the garage, let's go ahead and knock it down first.
foreman: we're still behind schedule on the garage, let's go ahead and knock it down first.
by T. Barrett July 20, 2006

by BullsFan06 January 17, 2004

A childhood game where you knock on someones door and then run away and hide and watch them come open it and see no one is there and laugh at how confused or annoyed they are!
Knock-a-door-run
by Del4sh June 19, 2013

The Knock on Wood Card is a wooden card that's perfect to knock on if you don't have any other wood around.
Ian "I've never gotten a speeding ticket. Knock on Wood...wait there's no wood around!"
Jed "Oh yes there is, check out The Knock on Wood Card!"
Ian "That's dope, thanks Jed!"
Jed "Oh yes there is, check out The Knock on Wood Card!"
Ian "That's dope, thanks Jed!"
by icwish October 10, 2009

Knocks me sick or knocked me sick is the word describing complete disgust; literally so horrible that it 'knocks' one sick.
The phrase is a word originating in Liverpool and is mainly used by 'scousers' (people from merseyside).
The phrase is a word originating in Liverpool and is mainly used by 'scousers' (people from merseyside).
person1)"ew this bowl of scouse had baked beans in; it knocks me sick
person 1) "eeee mate did you see that lad the other day?"
person 2) "yeah I did lird and his face knocked me sick
person 1) "eeee mate did you see that lad the other day?"
person 2) "yeah I did lird and his face knocked me sick
by anonifly February 22, 2010

“ she jus blessed my snapchat, most definitely finna knock one down “
“ aye cat , what took you so long ? “ “ i was knocking one down cuh my bad “
“ aye cat , what took you so long ? “ “ i was knocking one down cuh my bad “
by hollywoodmike October 27, 2019

Idiom
The problem with you is that you've been spoiled your whole life. You haven't had gone through the school of hard knocks to teach you what the world is really like!
I didn't go to college, but I went to the school of hard knocks. I learned everything by experience.
Synonym: The university of life
The problem with you is that you've been spoiled your whole life. You haven't had gone through the school of hard knocks to teach you what the world is really like!
I didn't go to college, but I went to the school of hard knocks. I learned everything by experience.
Synonym: The university of life
by Zami Karzai September 14, 2018
