knock-me-down
An old British and American slang term for a particularly strong alcoholic drink — the kind powerful enough to send you stumbling.
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An old British and American slang term for a particularly strong alcoholic drink — the kind powerful enough to send you stumbling. As an adjective it means overwhelmingly powerful or overbearing, whether applied to a stiff drink, a forceful personality, or a stunning piece of news. The phrase has mostly faded from everyday use but survives in historical fiction and old pub songs as a vivid descriptor of booze that pulls no punches.
He ordered some knock-me-down home brew and woke up three counties over with no memory of Tuesday.
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Overbearing; overpowering.
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(slang, now, _, rare) A strong alcoholic drink.
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A versatile piece of informal English with several distinct meanings depending on context. In party or drinking culture, to knock down means to drink heavily or get the party started. In street slang, particularly in hustling or underground economy contexts, it means to earn or acquire cash — sometimes through shady means. It also carries the literal sense of striking or colliding with something. The drinking and money-earning senses are the most alive in modern slang usage.