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Knock back
Let me ask a question about the following sentence.
They really knocked our radars back with white noise. (p475,Red Rising Storm, T.Clancy)
context: They are MiGs, Russian fighters, which interrupted our radars by jamming with white noise.
question: usage of knock back, especially about "back". I'm not familiar to such an usage of back combined with knock.
knock a thing back
I don't know what movement the thing will get by being knocked back, especially when it is radar.
They really knocked our radars back with white noise. (p475,Red Rising Storm, T.Clancy)
context: They are MiGs, Russian fighters, which interrupted our radars by jamming with white noise.
question: usage of knock back, especially about "back". I'm not familiar to such an usage of back combined with knock.
knock a thing back
I don't know what movement the thing will get by being knocked back, especially when it is radar.
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[nq:1]Let me ask a question about the following sentence. They really knocked our radars back with white noise. (p475,Red Rising ...
- [nq:1]Let me ask a question about the following sentence.
- They really knocked our radars back with white noise.
- (p475,Red Rising ...
- [/nq] They'd probably been knocking back a few beers in the mess, the night before.
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[nq:1]Let me ask a question about the following sentence. They really knocked our radars back with white noise. (p475,Red Rising ... thing back I don't know what movement the thing will get by being knocked back, especially when it is radar.[/nq]
They'd probably been knocking back a few beers in the mess, the night before.
They'd probably been knocking back a few beers in the mess, the night before.
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[nq:1]Let me ask a question about the following sentence. They really knocked our radars back with white noise. (p475,Red Rising ... thing back I don't know what movement the thing will get by being knocked back, especially when it is radar.[/nq]
Think of the more familiar "knocked down". It's the same usage, but the direction is backwards instead of downwards. The radar was made ineffective b
Think of the more familiar "knocked down". It's the same usage, but the direction is backwards instead of downwards. The radar was made ineffective b
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[nq:1]Let me ask a question about the following sentence. They really knocked our radars back with white noise. (p475,Red Rising ... thing back I don't know what movement the thing will get by being knocked back, especially when it is radar.[/nq]
Thanks for the context & authorship details. 'Knock back' as a phrasal verb and 'knock back / knockback / knock-back' as a noun are well known in UK
Thanks for the context & authorship details. 'Knock back' as a phrasal verb and 'knock back / knockback / knock-back' as a noun are well known in UK
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[nq:1]So I don't know when it appeared in the USA. In the quote you offer, there is no physical movement. The radar begins to malfunction because of the enemy countermeasures.[/nq]
I wouldn't agree that the radar malfunctions. That would mean to me that the machine or device stopped working properly. I could probably explain this better if I knew what "the radar" is. I'm not sure if there's an
I wouldn't agree that the radar malfunctions. That would mean to me that the machine or device stopped working properly. I could probably explain this better if I knew what "the radar" is. I'm not sure if there's an
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[nq:2]So I don't know when it appeared in the USA. ... The radar begins to malfunction because of the enemy countermeasures.[/nq]
[nq:1]I wouldn't agree that the radar malfunctions. That would mean to me that the machine or device stopped working properly. ... device that picks up the signal an "antennae" either. I'm sure someone will be along to clear all that up.[/nq]
'Antenna' is the si
[nq:1]I wouldn't agree that the radar malfunctions. That would mean to me that the machine or device stopped working properly. ... device that picks up the signal an "antennae" either. I'm sure someone will be along to clear all that up.[/nq]
'Antenna' is the si
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[nq:2]and pieces that go between the display and the antennae. ... sure someone will be along to clear all that up.[/nq]
[nq:1]'Antenna' is the singular.[/nq]
... of which the plural is usually "antennas" "antennae" is mostly for insects. (I guess entomologists knew their Latin, but electronic engineers didn't.)
[nq:1]Even if it looks like a dish, the dish is just a focusing device and
[nq:1]'Antenna' is the singular.[/nq]
... of which the plural is usually "antennas" "antennae" is mostly for insects. (I guess entomologists knew their Latin, but electronic engineers didn't.)
[nq:1]Even if it looks like a dish, the dish is just a focusing device and
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[nq:1]Let me ask a question about the following sentence. They really knocked our radars back with white noise. (p475,Red Rising ... thing back I don't know what movement the thing will get by being knocked back, especially when it is radar.[/nq]
Still reading Clancy? Diverting, but not the best English examples, I'd say. Anyway, I think the phrase is usually longer: "knocked back on his heels
Still reading Clancy? Diverting, but not the best English examples, I'd say. Anyway, I think the phrase is usually longer: "knocked back on his heels
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[nq:2]So I don't know when it appeared in the USA. ... The radar begins to malfunction because of the enemy countermeasures.[/nq]
[nq:1]I wouldn't agree that the radar malfunctions. That would mean to me that the machine or device stopped working properly. ... device that picks up the signal an "antennae" either. I'm sure someone will be along to clear all that up.[/nq]
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[nq:1]I wouldn't agree that the radar malfunctions. That would mean to me that the machine or device stopped working properly. ... device that picks up the signal an "antennae" either. I'm sure someone will be along to clear all that up.[/nq]
Transmitter and rec
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[nq:2]So I don't know when it appeared in the USA. ... The radar begins to malfunction because of the enemy countermeasures.[/nq]
[nq:1]I wouldn't agree that the radar malfunctions.[/nq]
OK. The radar functions perfectly. It doesn't do what it's supposed to do, it doesn't detect the enemy threat, but it functions exactly as it should. I'm sure the Commanding Officer will be delighted.
[nq:1]I wouldn't agree that the radar malfunctions.[/nq]
OK. The radar functions perfectly. It doesn't do what it's supposed to do, it doesn't detect the enemy threat, but it functions exactly as it should. I'm sure the Commanding Officer will be delighted.
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[nq:1]Masa wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]knock a thing back I don't know what movement the thing will get by being knocked back, especially when it is radar.[/nq]
[nq:1]Still reading Clancy? Diverting, but not the best English examples, I'd say. Anyway, I think the phrase is usually longer: ... blow and starts to fall back, a fall from which he may recover but which renders him essentially ineffective
[nq:2]knock a thing back I don't know what movement the thing will get by being knocked back, especially when it is radar.[/nq]
[nq:1]Still reading Clancy? Diverting, but not the best English examples, I'd say. Anyway, I think the phrase is usually longer: ... blow and starts to fall back, a fall from which he may recover but which renders him essentially ineffective
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