Usually means: Travel or move around casually.
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  1. knock about: Collins English Dictionary
  2. knock about: Vocabulary.com
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  4. knock-about, knock about: Wiktionary
  5. knock about: Dictionary.com
  6. knock about: Rhymezone
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  8. knock about: Free Dictionary
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  1. knock about: Legal dictionary

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  1. knock about, knock about: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (knock about)

verb:  (transitive) To hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
verb:  (transitive) To knock back a drink; to finish a drink.
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  To move or roam around aimlessly.
verb:  (by extension) To live an unconventional life.
verb:  To be present at or inhabit a certain place.
verb:  (by extension) To engage in a relaxing activity in a place; to hang around in.
verb:  (by extension) Often followed by with: to spend time companionably; to hang around.
verb:  (by extension, usually in present participial form) To be mislaid in a place.

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