as in to wake
to cause to stop sleeping
I asked the clerk at the hotel to knock me up at 7:00 a.m.
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knock up
Verb
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On the evening of Thursday, May 1, a Butte County, Calif. resident woke to the sound of a car horn.—
Shyla Watson,
People.com,
10 May 2025 -
Rather than stifling free speech, colleges should encourage respectful debate and promote ideological diversity over woke indoctrination.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2025
Verb
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But the American people have been awakened to the poisonous influence the progressive left has and continues to have on American society.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2025
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Beans often have a very tough seed coat that prevents water from entering, and only when this is broken—by something such as wildfire heat, the acid of a bird’s stomach, a scalpel or sandpaper—can water enter and the seed awaken.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
Verb
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Yet when Sánchez awoke around 1 a.m. Friday and reflexively checked his phone, there was a response.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
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Kenwood and Parkville's regional final baseball game was scoreless through six innings, but the Bluebirds awoke with six runs in the seventh.—
James Peters,
Baltimore Sun,
15 May 2025
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“Knock up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knock%20up. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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