knock about/around (sth)
informal — phrasal verb with knock /nɒk/
/nɑːk/ verb Definition
› to be in a place that is not exactly known or in various places especially over a long period of time: I'm sure I've got a copy of 'Time's Arrow' knocking about somewhere. He spent years knocking around the Far East before the First World War.PresentAvailable and accessibleUnavailable and inaccessible
(Definition of knock about/around (sth) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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knob noun (ROUND OBJECT)
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knobbly adjective
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knock 'em dead! idiom
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knock (on) wood idiom
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knock (some) sense into sb idiom
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knock around/about phrasal verb (BE WITH SOMEONE)
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knock around/about phrasal verb (RELAX)
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knock back (sth) phrasal verb
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knock it off idiom
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knock noun (HIT)
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Synonyms and related words:
- all over somewhere idiom
- attendance noun (BEING PRESENT)
- attendance noun (PROVIDING HELP)
- attendant adjective
- be in at the kill idiom
- front noun (PLACE)
- here adverb
- in the flesh idiom
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- live adverb
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- person noun (HUMAN)
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- sit through sth phrasal verb
- to sb's face idiom
- turnout noun
- well attended adjective
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