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knifepoint

[ nahyf-point ]

noun

  1. the sharp tip of a knife.


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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. at knifepoint, under threat of being cut or stabbed with a knife:

    He was robbed at knifepoint.

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Example Sentences

Polly Klaas, the 12-year-old who was snatched out of her own home at knifepoint back in 1993?

She pointed the knifepoint at his face, close enough to stab him if need be.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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