knock sb up
(MAKE PREGNANT) slang — phrasal verb with knock /nɒk/
/nɑːk/ verb Definition
› to make a woman pregnant: You don't want to get knocked up by some guy you hardly know.Sexual intercourse
(Definition of knock sb up (MAKE PREGNANT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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