A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.
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Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback.
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(UK, Australia, informal) A rejection; a refusal.
He got a few knockbacks today when he tried to give his resume out at the local shops.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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