I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a knife/gun attack
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He was sentenced to nine years in prison for the knife attack.
a knife/sword fight
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There have been several arrests, following knife fights between drunken fans.
a stab/knife wound
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Her body was found with 37 stab wounds at her home in William Street.
carving knife
craft knife
flick knife
knives and forks
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Put the knives and forks on the table.
palette knife
paper knife
plunged...knife
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Repeatedly she plunged the knife into his chest.
pocket knife
pull a gun/knife (on sb) (= take one out, ready to use it )
sheath knife
Stanley knife
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
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When the cake is cool, slice it across with a large knife to make two cakes.
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Using a small cleaver or a large , heavy knife , cut the hind leg across the bone into 2 pieces.
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Scrape a large sharp knife across the surface, shaving off rolls of very fine chocolate.
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Both of them carried what might have been large knives under their shirts.
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The breakfast lay untouched on the table, but the large knife was missing.
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Two men throw a large knife into a tree, playing a game.
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Rachael had hidden a large kitchen knife in his jeans pocket and smuggled it in unchecked.
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A large cold knife was held to my forehead, to bring out the bruise, then butter was applied.
long
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Tepilit runs up to the lion, draws his long knife from its sheath and sticks it into the lion's throat.
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The long knives are out again for Boris Yeltsin.
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And to warn him the long knives were out.
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Sapt was carrying a long rope and I had a short, thick stick and a long knife .
sharp
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Take a sharp knife and cut the roll into four equal lengths.
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Using a sharp knife , remove all of the white pith, which is quite bitter.
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With a cheese slicer or sharp knife , shave thin strips of cheese over pesto.
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To repair the defect, first use a sharp knife to make two cuts at right angles across the blister.
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Remove the skin by scraping with a sharp knife .
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Turn the leaf over and use a sharp knife to cut each of the main veins on the leaf.
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That night she must hide a sharp knife and a lamp near her bed.
small
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Athelstan carefully ripped the canvas open with the small knife he always carried.
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Cokley managed to remove a small pocket knife from his pocket and cut Deering on the leg.
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In contrast, Pic 18 shows two small knife handles.
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With a small knife , cut through the wishbone and the white cartilage just below it.
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He threatened her with a small knife and assaulted her.
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Make several deep incisions in the beef fillet using a small knife .
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The farmer and his family were delighted to watch me eating food with my own small knife and fork.
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Use a very sharp small knife .
■ NOUN
attack
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Tensions were already running high after the knife attack on an Arsenal supporter the night before.
butter
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To avoid further embarrassment he took the butter knife plus the bit of butter with him.
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Tillman compressed his lips and, with a butter knife , dug at a smudge of paste stuck to his tee shirt.
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Dessert cutlery is set above the place mat; butter knife is on the side plate.
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A kindergartner gets caught with a butter knife in his school backpack and is expelled for carrying a concealed weapon.
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Use the butter knife to spread the honey-butter on the bread.
carving
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His carving knife was only about half an inch wide at the centre where constant sharpening had worn it away.
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Dropping down into the galley for a carving knife , he cut the rope loose from his neck.
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Her son had been stabbed twice through the back with a carving knife , as he lay in his cot.
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Surprise doesn't register, instead, Devito plunges an eight-inch carving knife purposefully and repeatedly into the victim's stomach.
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People who wielded axes and carving knives .
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It would be nicer to behead her with a carving knife .
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In fact, we all knew he was sharp, sharp as a carving knife .
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The carving knife is in the sideboard drawer.
edge
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They had known they were on the knife edge , and interest rates had been at 8 percent.
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It's balanced on a knife edge .
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Wood is also reasonably kind to the knife edge .
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The news was a body blow and for several months the company was on a knife edge .
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The lower 2 inches or so can be sharpened, to almost a knife edge .
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He was dressed in casual wear: grey sweater and slacks with knife edge creases.
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It was like living on a knife edge .
handle
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Pic 14: Segmented folding knife handle , value £30.00.
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The knife handle was found in Colchester and may have been used by a legionary.
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The knife - the crucial prop here - is visually represented by a fist clenched as though round the knife handle .
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Pic 18: Top Celtic bronze knife handle , value £120.
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The female figure on the knife handle appears to resemble Aphrodite or Venus, the goddess of love.
kitchen
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Dara seized a kitchen knife and tried to defend himself, but the thugs overpowered him.
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Police found Ronald Frazier, 30, wounded in the neck, apparently stabbed with a kitchen knife .
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Rachael had hidden a large kitchen knife in his jeans pocket and smuggled it in unchecked.
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After a few minutes he managed to crack open the lock with a kitchen knife .
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Still disbelieving its reality, I searched for a kitchen knife .
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Detectives hunting Damilola's killers have found a kitchen knife with cloth wrapped around the handle and a broken bottle.
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Scrambling, she got to her feet and made a grab at the kitchen knife at the sink.
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A number than went for him and it was then Mr Johnson brandished a kitchen knife .
palette
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Spread on to the cake drum, blending the colours together with a palette knife to create a sea effect.
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Turn over each slice with a palette knife and cook the other side for another 2 minutes.
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Remove the pan from the heat, then slide the palette knife round the edge again.
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Make little peaks in the sea with the palette knife .
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Press it down lightly and smooth over the top with a palette knife .
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In one scene Dustin had to tear into one of his canvases with a palette knife .
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Leave to dry overnight before gently bending back the waxed paper and lifting off the piped outlines with a palette knife .
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These days they range from palette knives , sponges, six inch household paint brushes or fingers.
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After some thought, I was able to cut the rope near the stern with my pocket knife lashed to a paddle.
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Cokley managed to remove a small pocket knife from his pocket and cut Deering on the leg.
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Folded pocket knives with blades less than three inches long will also be exempt.
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Where the water dripped on to my dirt floor, I scraped a trench with my pocket knife to let it drain out.
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Me, I like to carry a pocket knife .
wound
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Most had been shot; some had knife wounds .
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A post-mortem examination disclosed she had died from a single knife wound , which had severed the artery.
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But Professor Burney said that the knife wound measures one and four-tenths inches across.
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Nor that Mrs Jenkins emerged from the confusion with a knife wound .
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We see a different connection, because of the knife wounds ... I shall never get any further in this force, lad.
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He was castrated and his body bore extensive cigarette burns and bullet and knife wounds .
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Police were called by neighbours and found 2 others, a woman and her son, suffering from knife wounds .
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Mrs Lundberg is in hospital with knife wounds , her son has been treated and released.
■ VERB
arm
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Once he was armed with a knife .
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The police claimed that the man was armed with a knife and was shot whilst resisting arrest.
carry
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Maybe young people carry knives for effect, without considering possible consequences.
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Me, I like to carry a pocket knife .
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She would be prepared to go into schools and talk to young people about violence and the danger of carrying knives .
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I hope that the Minister will consider that package of measures to stop people carrying knives and to change the ethos.
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People should not carry a knife at any time and particularly not at Christmas.
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But she was spared from that ordeal when Anthony Bourgois pleaded guilty to charges of false imprisonment and carrying a knife .
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Gregory Pailthorpe admitted carrying a knife and possessing cannabis.
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It was a matter of horror to me and my wife that such a young lad could carry that knife .
cut
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A remarkable feature of the mountain is the tremendous gash on its eastern face, looking as though cut by a giant knife .
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The curds are lifted on to muslin-covered racks and cut through with a knife before they are left to drain.
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A hill would begin to swell and then drop off suddenly, as if cut through by a knife .
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The first is cut with a knife along the grain, the second on the cross-section with a burin.
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Although royal icing should be firm, it should not be so hard that it can not be cut with a knife .
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So highly regarded was the mistletoe, that it had to be cut with a golden knife .
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Leonard Perkes, 80, was beaten, jabbed with a screwdriver and had his toes cut with a knife .
draw
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But this time he drew out his knife and showed it to me with a meaningful glance.
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From under his blanket, Crazy Horse drew a knife and began slashing back and forth in an attempt to get out.
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Horne's mailed executioner carefully cleaned the sword, drew his knife and knelt beside the blood-gushing torso of his victim.
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Doubled up he drew his knife , eyes behind the vizor desperately searching the inky blackness.
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Hayes, who drew a knife during the raid bid in Lewisham, South London, had nine O-levels.
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Tepilit runs up to the lion, draws his long knife from its sheath and sticks it into the lion's throat.
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Our recipes assume all spoon measures are level; draw a knife over the top of the spoon.
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The man looked around and then, almost absent-mindedly, drew a shod throwing knife from his bandolier and hurled it.
hold
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Then he realised one was holding a knife to his throat.
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I saw his hand holding the knife and then it disappeared into the tube.
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In his right hand he's holding a curved knife with a short wooden handle.
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In between his teeth he was holding a huge knife .
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They held the knife up against the baby's face and grabbed the bag containing £95.
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Raiders hold knife at baby's throat.
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It was oval in shape, and on it was the figure of a youth holding a knife .
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His hands reached over Matta's shoulders, holding the knife and the doll.
pull
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He pulled out the knife and stood over the corpse.
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Benton pulled the knife free of his belt, leant forward and touched the blade to Donna's left knee.
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Allen pulled out his knife and jabbed at the animal's flank where the stirrup hung.
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He then pulled a knife out from his jeans and held it to her throat.
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He pulled out a knife and ordered Mr Godwin to stop.
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Mr Kerr had stepped in and overpowered the accused, who then had pulled a knife and stabbed him repeatedly.
twist
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Saints twisted the knife with a glorious try from Tony Sullivan, set up by Gary Connolly.
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The tragedy is that you have to twist the knife in your own gray matter to make this defense work.
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Don't I ever surprise you, and twist a knife in your heart?
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Glancing at his figure, Laura felt the old longing for him twist like a knife in her stomach.
use
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Remove pit. Use a knife to a criss-cross pattern through the fruit, but not through the skin.
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Cut into three layers using a serrated knife .
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What he needed was a way to remove the huge tumor on his tongue without using a knife .
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But I knew that he wouldn't use the knife until the ship was safely on the beach.
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The standard three knife block can be replaced with a Tersa block that uses helical disposable knives if desired.
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He used his X-Acto knife to cut a new signature strip from a sheet of opaque paper.
wield
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People who wielded axes and carving knives .
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The teen-ager reportedly said he saw a stranger wielding a knife , and ran from the house when the man threatened him.
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Read in studio A woman has been raped in her own home by a masked man wielding a knife .
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Despite all this wielding of scalpel and knife some issues remain resolutely fudged.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the flat of sb's hand/a knife/a sword etc
you could cut the atmosphere with a knife
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A particular knife perhaps, or some other essential-at-the-time utensil?
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Cleaning the inner brushes of the machine was a time-consuming affair if grease was left on the knives.
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Men fought with bottles and knives, and with guns within easy reach.
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She was working as a petrol station cashier when armed robbers threatened her with a knife during a raid.
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The dark figure turns out to be a No. 3 male and the shiny object is a knife .
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Use a knife to a criss-cross pattern through the fruit, but not through the skin.
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When her husband was fast asleep she must leave the bed, light the lamp, and get the knife .
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the flat of sb's hand/a knife/a sword etc
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A spontaneous shiver of delight knifed through Mattie.
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An electricity pylon was knocked over and one person was knifed.
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Deirdre's knifed beside the sour canal...
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It is believed she was knifed to death.
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One was a stabbing spree in which 12 cabdrivers got knifed in one week by a lone assailant.
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When they met a few days later in Benghazi they quarrelled and the Zliten boy knifed the Zuwayi in the arm.