knock around
See also: knockaround
English
Etymology
From knock + around.
Verb
knock around (third-person singular simple present knocks around, present participle knocking around, simple past and past participle knocked around) (informal)
- to spend time with someone as a friend
- I used to knock around with John when we were younger.
- To do a relaxing activity.
- I like to knock around the garden on Saturdays.
- To be in an unknown place.
- I've got some scissors knocking around somewhere in the kitchen.
- To hit someone, or behave violently towards them.
- It was known that he would knock his wife around when he had been drinking.
Synonyms
Friends:
- hang
- hang about
- hang around
- knock about
Relaxing activity:
- potter about
- potter around
Hit:
- knock about
Translations
time with a friend
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relaxing activity
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place
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hit
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