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what is the phrasal verb for knife? Tue Sep 09, 2008 16:25 pm  what is the phrasal verb for knife?		  
what is the phrasal verb for knife?
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what is the phrasal verb for knife? Tue Sep 09, 2008 16:41 pm  what is the phrasal verb for knife?		  
Hi hajra,

You can 'knife through' something.
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what is the phrasal verb for knife? Tue Sep 09, 2008 16:55 pm  what is the phrasal verb for knife?		  
knife at/through/over
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what is the phrasal verb for knife? Tue Sep 09, 2008 17:00 pm  what is the phrasal verb for knife?		  
It would be nice if you could also provide a few examples, Molly.
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Thanks, Can you use it in a sentence. Tue Sep 09, 2008 19:53 pm  Thanks, Can you use it in a sentence.		  
Kindly give me the reference as well (name of dictionary or we site)
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what is the phrasal verb for knife? Tue Sep 09, 2008 21:31 pm  what is the phrasal verb for knife?		  
Ralf wrote:
It would be nice if you could also provide a few examples, Molly.

Did you provide examples for "knife through"?

He knifed at the passersby crazily. (He was in the street waving a knife around threateningly. Or He was in the street waving his flattened hands around threateningly.)

He knifed over her body, She prayed for help to come soon. (He didn't pierce her skin but moved the knifed above her skin and on it's surface. In a horrifically teasing way.)

I would call this a pharsal verb, but some might, so...

She ran her palm along the window ledge and knifed the drops of water over the side.
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what is the phrasal verb for knife? Tue Sep 09, 2008 21:40 pm  what is the phrasal verb for knife?		  
Hi hajra

You can find an example of "knife through" used here (definition 6):
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=knife&r=66
"The ship knifed through the heavy seas."

This site is handy if you want to check multiple dictionaries:
http://www.onelook.com/?w=knife&ls=a
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what is the phrasal verb for knife? Tue Sep 09, 2008 22:10 pm  what is the phrasal verb for knife?		  
Here's another:

"He'll wait," she knifed back. Robin kept her eyes glued to her book, raging inwardly.

The Harrowing. By Alexandra Sokoloff.
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