"knock someone down with a feather" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-knock someone down with a feather.ogg [Australia] Forms: knocks someone down with a feather [present, singular, third-person], knocking someone down with a feather [participle, present], knocked someone down with a feather [participle, past], knocked someone down with a feather [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|knock<> someone down with a feather}} knock someone down with a feather (third-person singular simple present knocks someone down with a feather, present participle knocking someone down with a feather, simple past and past participle knocked someone down with a feather)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) Alternative form of knock someone over with a feather. Tags: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic, informal Alternative form of: knock someone over with a feather
    Sense id: en-knock_someone_down_with_a_feather-en-verb-FzsS8rqW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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