Definitions from Wiktionary (knock up)
▸ verb: (colloquial) To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily.
▸ verb: (British) To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up.
▸ verb: (dated) To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.
▸ verb: (dated, intransitive) To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.
▸ verb: (slang, chiefly US) To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.
▸ verb: (racket sports, intransitive) To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.
▸ verb: (bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form.
▸ verb: (obsolete, printing) To straighten up a stack of paper.
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▸ verb: (colloquial) To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily.
▸ verb: (British) To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up.
▸ verb: (dated) To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.
▸ verb: (dated, intransitive) To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.
▸ verb: (slang, chiefly US) To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.
▸ verb: (racket sports, intransitive) To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.
▸ verb: (bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form.
▸ verb: (obsolete, printing) To straighten up a stack of paper.
Similar:
bang up,
impregnate,
prang up,
knock together,
bash together,
clap,
throw together,
slap together,
cobble up,
put together,
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