knock sb up
(WAKE UP) UK informal — phrasal verb with knock /nɒk/
/nɑːk/ verb Definition
› to wake someone up by knocking on the door of their house or bedroom: I'm sorry to have to knock you up in the middle of the night.Not sleeping and not unconscious
(Definition of knock sb up (WAKE UP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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knock sb out phrasal verb (MAKE SLEEP)
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knock sb out phrasal verb (MAKE UNCONSCIOUS)
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knock sb over phrasal verb
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knock sb sideways/for six idiom
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knock sb up phrasal verb (MAKE PREGNANT)
- knock sb up phrasal verb (WAKE UP)
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knock sb's block off idiom
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knock sb/sth down phrasal verb (HIT)
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knock sb/sth down phrasal verb (REDUCE PRICE)
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knock spots off sth idiom
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knock sth down phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- awaken verb
- awoke verb
- awoken verb
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round phrasal verb (BECOME CONSCIOUS)
- conscious adjective (AWAKE)
- consciousness noun (AWAKE)
- rise and shine! idiom
- rise verb (MOVE UP)
- riser noun (PERSON)
- rouse verb
- sit up phrasal verb (STAY AWAKE)
- sleepless adjective
- stir verb (MOVE)
- wait up phrasal verb
- wakeful adjective
- waken verb
- wakey-wakey exclamation
- waking adjective
- waking noun
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