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knocked (about)

verb

past tense of knock (about)
as in wandered
to move about from place to place aimlessly we knocked about from town to town, looking for work

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knocked (about)
  1. wandered
  2. roamed
  3. drifted
  4. strolled
Verb
  • Young children go missing all the time, and statistics will tell you that most are found within hours, inside their own homes, or having wandered not much more than a mile away.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Other uncommon marine animals have wandered into California waters this year.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of wandered
Verb
  • Dozens of species roamed and rutted on a tropical Earth, from the pig-sized Menoceras to the significantly larger Paraceratherium linxiaense, an animal almost as large as one of London’s red double-decker buses.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • During the Miocene era, crocodiles, rhino species, and peccary (pigs) resided on area lands, while whales, sharks, and massive seabirds roamed the water.
    — Katie Riley, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of roamed
Verb
  • Unfortunately, over the decades, the program has drifted wildly off course.
    — Christina Smith, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
  • But six months later, almost no one was using it, and the model’s outputs had drifted away from the business it was built to serve.
    — Hiromi Nakatani, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of drifted
Verb
  • With a nod from the person at the desk, we were buzzed out and strolled straight onto the tarmac to mount up.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 9 Sep. 2026
  • For the record, the Chorizo strolled home with the win in the Sausage Race, which was mostly jogging.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of strolled
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“Knocked (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocked%20%28about%29. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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