knock sideways

knock somebody sideways

(British & Australian)

to surprise, confuse or upset someone very much The news of her brother's death knocked her sideways.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Juniper	JOON-ə-pər	English (Rare)
Haggith	-	Biblical
Espen	-	Norwegian, Danish
Renata	re-NAH-tah (Italian, Spanish, German, Polish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene, Late Roman
Creighton	KRAY-tən	English (Rare)
Maud	[mɔd]