Close and Knock

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Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.

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Knock and close are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knock" instead a verb "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Knock verb - To come into usually forceful contact with something.

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Close and knock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead a verb "Knock".

Nearby Words: knocked, knockout, knockdown, knocking, knocker

With a prolonged whip snag slowly melting through the armor, Tony starts deliberately tangling himself in the whip so that Vanko doesn't have any leverage, and since Vanko is otherwise unarmored, Tony could get in close and knock him out.

Source: Film / Iron Man 2
They plan to knock out the city electricity towers, and rewire the casinos' automatic backup generators so that they will open instead of close the safes.

Source: Film / Ocean's 11
This usually works best if the swords are crossed horizontally between the combatants, who stand close together and push against the clinch, each trying to knock the other off balance.

Source: Blade Lock

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