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knack of deserting and going up
But I soon saw that he’d crammed about double the amount of travelling and adventure into his short spell than ever I had done, for he had a happy knack of deserting and going up country whenever an opportunity offered.
— from As We Forgive Them by William Le Queux

knock off drink and give up
Would you knock off drink and give up hanging about with every other woman you see and start in to earn a decent living?”
— from The Secret Victory by Stephen McKenna

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