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knock up

verb

  1. Also: knock together.informalto assemble quickly; improvise

    to knock up a set of shelves

  2. informalto waken; rouse

    to knock someone up early

  3. slangto make pregnant

  4. informalto exhaust

    the heavy work knocked him up

  5. cricket to score (runs)

  6. (intr) tennis squash badminton to practise or hit the ball about informally, esp before a match

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a practice session at tennis, squash, or a similar game

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Idioms and Phrases

Make pregnant, as in The young girl said she was afraid of getting knocked up . [ Slang ; early 1800s]

Injure or damage, as in This coffee table got all knocked up in the moving van .

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