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Definition of knock up in the Idioms Dictionary. knock up phrase. ... Injure or damage, as in This coffee table got all knocked up in the moving van.
Definition of knocked-up in the Idioms Dictionary. knocked-up phrase. What does knocked-up expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary.
Há 5 dias · to exhaust. the heavy work knocked him up. 5. cricket. to score ( runs ) 6. (intransitive) tennis, squash, badminton. to practise or hit the ball about informally, esp before a match. noun knock-up. 7. a practice session at tennis, squash, or a similar game.
For knocked up he proposes a meaning ‘promoted as a deal for buyers’. I wonder what sensitivity readers will advise authors about this phrase in future. Written by Dot Wordsworth
knocked-up adj. vulgar, slang (woman: pregnant) (familier : enceinte) en cloque loc adj. It seemed like everyone I knew was pregnant that summer; there were knocked-up women everywhere! knocked up, knocked-up adj. US (thing: damaged) (objet) cabossé adj. Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun.
Knocked up Origin and History - Meaning pregnant is American slang from the early 19th century, possibly deriving from the earlier 16th century word knock meaning to copulate. Knocked up Meanings and origins of thousands of idioms, curious words, and slang.
• Then he knocks it up off the Road to about nine inches for a 4. • A loud determined knock draws him up sharply. • Everyone else appeared to have some sort of credit card that knocked off up to 25 percent. • She was out of control, she said, knocking back up to ten cups of coffee a day.
