Begin
Begin verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).
Knocking down is an antonym for begin.
Nearby Word: beginning
Knocking down
Both terms in one sentence
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In one installment, Nemo, Flip and Imp are so hungry that they begin tearing off lines from their comic panels and knocking down letters from the Little Nemo In Slumberland logo, eating them.
Source: Medium Awareness - Medium Awareness: In one installment, Nemo, Flip and Imp are so hungry that they begin tearing off lines from their comic panels and knocking down letters from the Little Nemo in Slumberland logo, eating them.
Source: Comic Strip / Little Nemo
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Knocking down and Begin. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/begin/knocking_down
Begin & Knocking down. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/begin/knocking_down>.
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