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Knock about   /nɑk əbˈaʊt/   Listen
Knock about

verb
1.
Strike against forcefully.  Synonyms: batter, buffet.
2.
Be around; be alive or active.  Synonyms: kick about, kick around.






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"Knock about" Quotes from Famous Books



... annually on tours of exploration and so forth. I tell you, I am the better for it, and she is the better for it, and nobody is any the worst for it, unless it be yourself. Men who have knocked about as I have done, will continue to knock about as long as they live. In the army, out of the army, all the same. Lady Vi. understands me, and I her, and you forget, Arthur, that ...
— Crowded Out! and Other Sketches • Susie F. Harrison



Words linked to "Knock about" :   buffet, exist, kick about, be, kick around, strike, batter



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