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knock someone backBritish informal 1Reject or discourage a person or their request or suggestion: he applied for funding for nine different projects and was knocked back each time...- Their request for funds from the Football Foundation was knocked back four times.
- I feel embarrassed knocking him back seeing as we've had such a nice conversation and I don't want him to be wasting time with me if he wants to be chatting up some other woman.
- Plans to expand a childcare centre in a residential street in Alstonville have been knocked back by Ballina Council, despite a staff recommendation to approve the application.
2Cost someone a specified, typically large, amount of money: buying that house must have knocked them back a bit...- Townhouse-style properties cost in the region of £300,000, while a second-hand villa in Nice, Cannes or Villefranche will knock you back at least £450,000 to £500,000.
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