Knock and Refuse

Knock

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

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

Refuse

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.

Knock and refuse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knock" instead a verb "Refuse".

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

little little knock little refuse
bad bad knock bad refuse

Common collocations

person knock person refuse person
guy knock guy refuse guy
people knock people refuse people
time knock time refuse time
Other words: head, anyone, times, weapons.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Angry Birds Transformers Grievous Harm with a Body: Lockdown will pull off one of his arms and knock the Autobird off the screen in the "thank the buddy" stage if you refuse the thanks.
  • When the girl he first began cheating with discovers she's almost sure to be pregnant and confronts him, he wants nothing more to do with her, and after everyone finds out not only did he knock her up, but refuses to take responsibility, the other girls refuse to have anything to do with him.
  • Prior to that story, the Joker had occasionally tried to learn Batman's secret; O'Neil and Adams, however, had the Joker ambush and knock out Batman by chance, only to refuse to kill or unmask him because that wasn't the perfect end to the conflict between them.
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