Usually means: Surprise or shock someone greatly.
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  1. knock (someone) sideways, knock sideways: Merriam-Webster
  2. knock sideways: TheFreeDictionary.com
  3. knock sideways: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knock sideways: Legal dictionary

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  1. knock sideways: Encyclopedia

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  1. knock sideways: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (knock sideways)

▸ verb:  Synonym of knock for a loop

Similar:
upend, overturn, topple, creep, creep up, thrusting, topple over, uprush, upspring, uptalk, more...

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Similar:
upend, overturn, topple, creep, creep up, thrusting, topple over, uprush, upspring, uptalk, more...



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