Usually means: Unintended consequence of an action.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word knock on:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. knock on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. knock-on, knock on: Merriam-Webster
  3. knock-on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. knock-on, knock-on: Collins English Dictionary
  5. knock on: Vocabulary.com
  6. Knock-on, knock-on: Wordnik
  7. knock-on, knock on: Wiktionary
  8. Knock-on, Knock-on (rugby league), Knock-on (rugby union), Knock on: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. knock on: Rhymezone
  10. knock on: FreeDictionary.org
  11. knock on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. knock-on, knock on: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. knock on: Dictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knock-on: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knock on: Idioms

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Knock-on: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See knock_ons as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (knock on)

verb:  (ambitransitive, rugby) To commit a foul by knocking the ball forward.
verb:  (slang) To have an affair; to commit adultery.

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