たお
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to throw down; to bring down; to blow down; to fell; to knock down; to set (something) down on its side; to turn (something) on its side; to recline (e.g. a seat)
2. to kill; to defeat; to beat
3. to overthrow; to trip up; to ruin
4. to leave unpaid; to cheat
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Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
Examples (6 in total)
The government was overthrown.
I will overthrow the dictator.
We had our house blown down by the storm.
Many a tree was blown down by the typhoon.
Chris defeated the vampire knight!
The boxer finally recovered consciousness, ten minutes after he had been knocked out.