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past tense of knock (about)
Synonyms of knocked (about)
to move about from place to place aimlessly
- we knocked about from town to town, looking for work
Synonyms for knocked (about)
- batted,
- cruised,
- drifted,
- floated,
- gadded (about),
- gallivanted
- (also galavanted),
- kicked around,
- maundered,
- meandered,
- mooched,
- rambled,
- ranged,
- roamed,
- roved,
- traipsed,
- wandered
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“Knocked (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocked%20%28about%29. Accessed 25 Jan. 2022.
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