Meanings of knocking things in English

I think our lyrical content is knocking things down a bit.

He's just too big and he's afraid of knocking things over.

She glided through the several rooms, knocking things into place and aligning them symmetrically.

Just go lie down. But Patty wanted to play and kept knocking things over.

How do they ever move around without knocking things over?

We were nodding out, running to the bathroom to throw up, knocking things over.

He looks apt to start knocking things over, to go hauling out tubes and cables and clamps.

The men tore through each room, knocking things over and breaking lamps and drinking glasses and windows.

The last thing they need is for a sorcerer's apprentice to stumble in and begin knocking things over!

It scrabbles across the papers and petri dishes, knocking things over and making a general mess of everything.

She kept knocking things over.

We know what we're doing and don't need you there, bumping around and knocking things over in the dark.

She wrapped on his tie while she went round the room knocking things on to the floor with one elbow.

It involves a lot of meowing, jumping on things, knocking things over, and the occasional loud coughing up of hairballs.

Also, more crucially, the evolution of ladies' fashions has meant that stylish female shoppers can move through a shop without knocking things over.

It's good on paper, but the terrible camera system makes knocking things where you want them to go too much of a fiddly chore.