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knock up


knock up

verb, British

Definition of KNOCK UP

to cause to stop sleeping <I asked the clerk at the hotel to knock me up at 7:00 a.m.>
Synonyms arouse, awake, awaken, knock up [British], rouse, waken
Near Antonyms hypnotize, mesmerize
Antonyms lull

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