0 to have a bad effect on someone or something, especially by stopping them from achieving something: --
She missed out on the promotion, but refused to be knocked back.
Disappointing results from the company knocked its shares back to just 51p.
1 to refuse to accept or agree to something: --
Ofgem's role is to approve that pricing regime, and it has twice knocked back what the company is proposing.
The proposed merger of the two companies was knocked back by competition authorities in Australia.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
knock sb/sth back