Knocks and Presses

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Presses and knocks are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Presses" instead a verb "Knocks".

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Knocks and presses are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knocks" instead a verb "Presses".

During the Wacky Racing sequence from Spy Kids 3D: Game Over, one of the racers tells Juni Cortez to press a red button on his speeder labeled "Do not push." He presses it, and it triggers an Ejector Seat that knocks Juni off the speeder.

Source: Big Red Button
In a guest comic in Nip and Tuck, local throwback Gus Gunthrie makes a nasty comment about a favorite lady fighter of Bandit Ringtail, which just presses the little guy's Berserk Button REALLY HARD, hops up on a table, and knocks the tar out of the miserable jerk.

Source: Check, Please!
Superman eventually figured out that Massacre's actual ability is being able to read his opponent's nerve impulses to predict their actions and knocks him off guard with a ricochet attack and presses the advantage to keep Massacre from regaining his bearings.

Source: Combat Clairvoyance

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