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
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.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Julia, worried, maintains that she’s not knocked up.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025
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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And high in Gabriel Tower, Emma Curran woke from a troubled nap with a start.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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The fear of having Amazon eat its lunch woke Walmart up.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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In the heart of Seville, Spain, a favorite European city among T+L readers, a Renaissance palace has awakened in the Casco Antiguo.—
Ryan Craggs,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
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Scott had just three points in the first, but awakened in the second, making all four of her shots, including two big 3-pointers, to help Baylor cut an 11-point deficit to just 36-32 at halftime.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Feb. 2026
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Americans awoke Saturday morning to the news that the United States and Israel had launched a series of strikes against Iran.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Eddie Gossett awoke one morning last summer to what sounded like an airport runway suddenly opening on his rural Mississippi road.—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Knocked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocked%20up. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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