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To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it.
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I knocked over a can of paint and spent the next hour cleaning up.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
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- cutting edge
- dark horse
- deliver the goods
- go red
- haul ass
- have a blast
- have a cow
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- lemon law
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- magic bullet
- make fun of
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- off-color
- on the nose
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