Definition
To defeat or overcome someone who was in a dominant position.
In Context
- "Tiger Woods has been knocked off his perch as the No1 player in the world after Vijay Singh beat him in the Deutsche Bank Open last night."
- "He was the third qualifier of the day and posted a 4-lap, 10-mile qualifying average of 227.566 miles an hour on the two-and-a-half-mile oval, then had to wait through nearly six hours while other drivers tried to knock him off his perch."
- ""It would be nice to knock the Germans off their perch, with them winning the last European Championship and the World Cup.""