Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knock someone off their perch

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: knock- -some-one of-f their perch
IPA

53

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To defeat or overcome someone who was in a dominant position.

Example Sentences

"Tiger Woods has been knocked off his perch as the No1 player in the world after Vijay Singh beat him in the Deutsche Bank Open last night."
"He was the third qualifier of the day and posted a 4-lap, 10-mile qualifying average of 227.566 miles an hour on the two-and-a-half-mile oval, then had to wait through nearly six hours while other drivers tried to knock him off his perch."
""It would be nice to knock the Germans off their perch, with them winning the last European Championship and the World Cup.""

Inflected Forms

knocks someone off their perch (present, singular) knocking someone off their perch (participle, present) knocked someone off their perch (participle, past) knocked someone off their perch (past)

Phrases

knock someone's block off knock someone's socks off

Frequently Paired Words

knock someone's block off knock someone's socks off

Questions

What does knock someone off their perch mean?: To defeat or overcome someone who was in a dominant position.

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