KNOCKS UP Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

knocks up

verb

present tense third-person singular of knock up, British

as in wakes

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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Every morning, Chef wakes Tony with a bucket of cold seawater.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
But when Lucky wakes from a drugged sleep, Cary is gone and the money too, and police are pulling up outside.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of wakes

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The series follows Ray Azumi (voiced by Takeo Otsuka), a war orphan who awakens on the lunar surface as the pilot of the experimental mobile suit Gundam ZERO.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
Atlantic awakens There are three separate areas of potential tropical development in the tropical Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

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While preparing for a trip, he is rendered unconscious using knockout gas and awakes to find himself inside a perfect recreation of his own home, but this one is located in a mysterious settlement known as The Village.

— William Worrall, Space.com, 15 July 2026
Just at that moment, Jamie — our dream lover in every sense — awakes with a jolt.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026

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