knock in
phrasal verb
knocked in; knocking in; knocks in
baseball
: to cause (a run or runner) to score
He knocked in a run in the second inning with a double to left field.
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Shrader knocked in the game-winning field goal when the Chiefs beat the Carolina Panthers in Week 12.
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Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Wells had just knocked in two more RBIs to give him four on the day in the Yankees’ 8-0 drubbing of the Texas Rangers in Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader at Yankee Stadium.
—Brendan Kuty, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
Wharton, 26, was walking off the field at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina after Spencer Schrader knocked in a 31-yard field goal as time expired to solidify the Chiefs’ 30-27 victory over the Panthers.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024
The Wolves will play Pittsburg in the championship game on Friday at Diablo Valley College.
Zach Brien, Bishop O’Dowd football: The sophomore knocked in field goals from 36, 30 and 22 yards to lead O’Dowd to a 23-15 win over Liberty in an NCS Division II semifinal.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024
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Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Wells had just knocked in two more RBIs to give him four on the day in the Yankees’ 8-0 drubbing of the Texas Rangers in Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader at Yankee Stadium.
—Brendan Kuty, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
Wharton, 26, was walking off the field at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina after Spencer Schrader knocked in a 31-yard field goal as time expired to solidify the Chiefs’ 30-27 victory over the Panthers.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024
The Wolves will play Pittsburg in the championship game on Friday at Diablo Valley College.
Zach Brien, Bishop O’Dowd football: The sophomore knocked in field goals from 36, 30 and 22 yards to lead O’Dowd to a 23-15 win over Liberty in an NCS Division II semifinal.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Knock in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knock%20in. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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