someone is knocking down the door vs someone is knocking out the door

The correct phrase is 'someone is knocking on the door'. Both 'knocking down the door' and 'knocking out the door' are not commonly used and are incorrect. The correct preposition to use with 'knocking' in this context is 'on'.

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someone is knocking down the door

This phrase is incorrect and not commonly used in English.

The correct preposition to use with 'knocking' in this context is 'on'.

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What is knocking down the trees will get you.
The two boys that did this broke the window there before knocking down the door.
We got every G.M. in the league calling, reporters knocking down the door.
There's a reason why the investors are knocking down the door.
Dad... the first thing you need to understand... is 90 percent of it is knocking down at least one pin.
They can't built you a new house without knocking down the old one.
You don't get points for knocking down the calf.
Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.
We're making real progress knocking down the affordable housing part of the court order.
What with Fidelma getting pregnant and Trisha failing her exams and Martin knocking down the wall, and Sinead...
The problem was the assault rifle knocking down the loft I was standing under.
"Knocking down the wall."
Are you still knocking down the community center?
But now I am worried about him knocking down the whole house.
Several dozen men were shown kicking and knocking down the headstones of the servicemen's graves.
Because Bart-Man is knocking down bad guys like Howard Hughes knocks up young starlets!
Opportunity is knocking at the door.
Daniel is knocking at the door for you.
We knocked on the door of hell, and now hell is knocking back.
It's like turning off the TV when Clarice is knocking on the door of the house.

Alternatives:

someone is knocking on the door

someone is knocking out the door

This phrase is incorrect and not commonly used in English.

The correct preposition to use with 'knocking' in this context is 'on'.

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Your house is knocking out the power of the whole area.
Obviously something is knocking out his immune system.
Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.
Opportunity is knocking at the door.
Daniel is knocking at the door for you.
Big corporations are knocking out the little guy.
Big corporations are knocking out the little guy.
I thought Ares was knocking out the grid.
We knocked on the door of hell, and now hell is knocking back.
It's like turning off the TV when Clarice is knocking on the door of the house.
Sally Langston is knocking on the door of the oval office.
I was just making her some food, and all of a sudden, the kid is knocking on the door.
And once you get increased antibiotic resistance, the antibiotics aren't knocking out the harmful strains anymore.
Knocking out the Z-waves must've compromised her solid-state drive.
An anti-vehicle mine is only effective if it stops your target, which means knocking out the engine block or a wheel.
Knocking out the Russian made me proud to be an Amerin. Thanks.
Couple thousand addicts paying a few hundred a visit, knocking out the competition. Conservative estimate... $1 million a month.
Who is knocking on the door of the European Union?
There is social and political disorder and monetary disorder is knocking at the door.
I can hear the wails from the oil refiners' pressure group - and I know it is knocking on the doors of all my colleagues - insisting that this will be impossible to achieve.

Alternatives:

someone is knocking on the door

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someone is knocking down the door vs someone is knocking out the door