Finish
Finish verb - To bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done.
Knock down is an antonym for finish.
Knock down
Knock down verb - To receive as return for effort.
Both terms in one sentence
- Both the camera man and one of the woman knock down their friend-turned-zombie when he's chasing the latter, hit him once on the head, and leave him there, despite the woman in particular having been shown as perfectly able to finish off a friend-turned-zombie, her boyfriend no less.
Source: Once Is Not Enough
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Knock down and Finish. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/finish/knock_down
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