knock someone off their perch in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knocks someone off their perch",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knocking someone off their perch",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knocked someone off their perch",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "knocked someone off their perch",
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    }
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        {
          "ref": "2004 September 7, “Singh on top of the world”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 May 16, The Associated Press, “Kanaan Wins Indy Pole; Patrick Settles for Fourth”, in New York Times",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 July 4, Alistair Magowan quoting Kelly Smith, “Women's World Cup: England out to dethrone Germany”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "It would be nice to knock the Germans off their perch, with them winning the last European Championship and the World Cup.",
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        }
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        "To defeat or overcome someone who was in a dominant position."
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To defeat or overcome someone who was in a dominant position."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "knock someone's block off"
        },
        {
          "word": "knock someone's socks off"
        }
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knock someone off their perch"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knocks someone off their perch",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knocking someone off their perch",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knocked someone off their perch",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knocked someone off their perch",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "knock someone off their perch (third-person singular simple present knocks someone off their perch, present participle knocking someone off their perch, simple past and past participle knocked someone off their perch)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "word": "knock someone's block off"
    },
    {
      "word": "knock someone's socks off"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "2004 September 7, “Singh on top of the world”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 May 16, The Associated Press, “Kanaan Wins Indy Pole; Patrick Settles for Fourth”, in New York Times",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 July 4, Alistair Magowan quoting Kelly Smith, “Women's World Cup: England out to dethrone Germany”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "It would be nice to knock the Germans off their perch, with them winning the last European Championship and the World Cup.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To defeat or overcome someone who was in a dominant position."
      ],
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        ],
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          "overcome",
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        ]
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        "(idiomatic) To defeat or overcome someone who was in a dominant position."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "knock someone off their perch"
}

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"knock someone off their perch" meaning in English

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