If the speed is not there, the student simply knocks the object over.
Or one so dangerous that simply knocking into it could mean a trip to the hospital.
It is much more likely that we would simply knock them out of commission.
They couldn't tell whether G-8 was dead or simply knocked unconscious.
"then you should simply knock me out of the circle."
If they had, I should have simply knocked their heads together hard enough to crack them.
"We can't simply knock on doors and ask to see each apartment."
Yet, when the back line found themselves in attacking positions, they took the wrong option, or simply knocked on.
You can't simply knock on his door and speak your mind.
Only - if that were so, why did he simply not knock me out and take it?