as in woke
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 knocked up
Margo’s Got Money Troubles is the story of college freshman and aspiring writer Margo (Elle Fanning) who gets knocked up by her English professor (Michael Angarano) and decides to drop out and keep the baby.
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Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
Elle Fanning stars as Margo, a young college student who gets knocked up by one of her professors and decides to move back home and have the baby.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The pair collided with such force that Dumoulin got knocked up about two feet in the air before landing hard on his padded backside.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, while Miranda busies herself with building a pageant empire, her husband Ray, a pill-popping nurse, has knocked up the 18-year-old granddaughter of one of his hospice patients.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Julia, worried, maintains that she’s not knocked up.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
Elle Fanning stars as Margo, a young college student who gets knocked up by one of her professors and decides to move back home and have the baby.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
The pair collided with such force that Dumoulin got knocked up about two feet in the air before landing hard on his padded backside.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, while Miranda busies herself with building a pageant empire, her husband Ray, a pill-popping nurse, has knocked up the 18-year-old granddaughter of one of his hospice patients.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Julia, worried, maintains that she’s not knocked up.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knocked up
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Brittney Brimway and her three children were on a flight from Los Angeles to Turks and Caicos with a layover in New York City when her son woke her up with some less-than-comforting news.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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And Axios’ sources indicated the admin simply did not like Anthropic’s woke vibe.—
Tina Nguyen,
The Verge,
17 June 2026
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Daniela López stars in the film as Julia, an introverted music student whose curiosity and passion for protest is awakened amid a growing feminist movement on her university campus, and with #MeToo as a backdrop.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
15 June 2026
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Some were awakened by explosions; others pulled back their curtains in the early hours to see plumes of black smoke rising above the city.—
David Hickey,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
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Residents in southeastern districts adjacent to the facility awoke to thick columns of black smoke rising above the city skyline, while local environmental authorities advised city residents to limit time outdoors amid concerns over air quality.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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According to the San Bernardino County Fire Department, the man awoke to a bear paw.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Knocked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocked%20up. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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