Cost someone a lot of money
Meanings
- Cost someone a lot of money (separable [obligatory], British English)
- quickly, drink a lot of alcohol (separable [optional], International English)
- Shock (separable [obligatory], International English)
Examples
- Your holiday must have KNOCKED you BACK a bit.
- The pub was closing so we KNOCKED our drinks BACK and left.
- It really KNOCKED me BACK when I heard they had been killed.If you knock someone back, you reject them emotionally or sexually.
- She KNOCKED me BACK and went for a friend of mine.