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What does 'knock through' mean?



 
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What does 'knock through' mean? Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:36 pm  What does 'knock through' mean?
 

Hello,

Is there anyone here who could tell me what's "knock through" means? I can't find it in my dictionary. Thanks very much for your help.
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What does 'knock through' mean? Mon Jul 28, 2008 13:07 pm  What does 'knock through' mean?
 

Hi Regine83

What was the context? Can you give us the sentence you found that in?
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What does 'knock through' mean? Mon Jul 28, 2008 13:14 pm  What does 'knock through' mean?
 

hi regine

A knock through is a term used in games like Aussie rules football or Rugby.

In Aussie rules it is when you knock the ball through a gap of players and chase.
A knock through in Rugby is when the ball legally rebounds off you and goes through the back line of the opposition, and you chase.

This is one context. Pls give yours and we can help more.
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help Mon Jul 28, 2008 19:08 pm  help
 

Hi Amy,

Thanks for answering so quickly.
The sentence was: Actually, we may be going to knock through.
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help Mon Jul 28, 2008 19:15 pm  help
 

Hello,

Thanks very much........I'm not very found of sports but thanks to you I've learned something more.
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help Mon Jul 28, 2008 19:26 pm  help
 

regine83 wrote:
Actually, we may be going to knock through.
Hi Régine
That sentence doesn't provide much context. Do you have any additional context?

One possibility that comes to mind is "knock through a wall". For example, if you wanted to change two small rooms into one large room, you would first have to "knock through" and remove the wall that separates the two smaller rooms.
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What does 'knock through' mean? Mon Jul 28, 2008 19:36 pm  What does 'knock through' mean?
 

Hi Amy,
That's it, knock through a wall. It's in a book I'm reading and one of the characters is a painter and he's talking with his wife about the wallpaper, carpet, color of the painting for the kitchen and so on.....
Thanks very much indeed.
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What does 'knock through' mean? Mon Jul 28, 2008 22:29 pm  What does 'knock through' mean?
 

Hi regine

This phrasal verb is right for the context.

It can be used "knock through ........" OR knock a wall through".

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What does 'knock through' mean? Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:33 am  What does 'knock through' mean?
 

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Maybe it's a BE/AmE difference, but I wouldn't expect to hear anyone say "knock a wall through". However, I can imagine someone saying something like this:
"We knocked a hole through the wall in order to add a window."
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What does 'knock through' mean? Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:24 am  What does 'knock through' mean?
 

Hi Amy

Yes "knock a wall through" is a possibility, that is why I choose to mention it. ; )
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What does 'knock through' mean? Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:36 am  What does 'knock through' mean?
 

Yankee wrote:
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Maybe it's a BE/AmE difference, but I wouldn't expect to hear anyone say "knock a wall through". However, I can imagine someone saying something like this:
"We knocked a hole through the wall in order to add a window."
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Hi, Amy

Would the following sentence sound natural ?:

He knocked his way through the throng around the bus in order to get on.

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What does 'knock through' mean? Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:49 am  What does 'knock through' mean?
 

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That sounds OK to me, Alex.
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