āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
knock around
/nËÉk ÉÉšËaĘnd/
knock about
to knock around
[phrase form: knock]
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āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž
to strike someone or something multiple times
Transitive: to knock around sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The carpenter is knocking the piece of wood around with a hammer, shaping it into a chair leg.
āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāϏā§āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϤā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āϰ āĻā§āĻāϰ⧠āĻ ā§āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āϰā§āĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻ āϏāĻĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to treat someone or something in a careless, rough, or disrespectful manner
Transitive: to knock around sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He knocks around his belongings without any care for their condition.
āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāĻĒāϤā§āϰā§āϰ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻ āϝāϤā§āύ āύāĻž āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ-āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĢā§āϞā§āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§, āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to spend time or travel without a clear plan or direction
Transitive: to knock around a place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I spent the afternoon knocking around town, just window shopping and people-watching.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻļāĻšāϰ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻāύā§āĻĄā§ āĻļāĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻĢā§āϰāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§
to spend a considerable amount of time with someone, often implying close companionship or romantic involvement
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The old friends had knocked around in their younger days, but they lost touch over the years.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϝā§āĻŦāύā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻāϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻĢā§āϰāĻž āĻāϰāϤ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻāϰā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻāϰ āϧāϰ⧠āϝā§āĻāĻžāϝā§āĻ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āϞā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to be somewhere nearby, but the exact location is unknown
Dialect
British
Intransitive: to knock around somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'm sure I 'll find my lost earrings eventually. They must be knocking around somewhere in my jewelry box.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āϝ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻĻā§āϞ āĻļā§āώ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāϝāĻŧāύāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϏ⧠āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to casually discuss or think about ideas, plans, or possibilities
Transitive: to knock around an idea or plan
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They often knock ideas around for their next project during their lunch breaks.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϰā§āĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
(of ideas, plans, etc.) to be casually discussed or brainstormed over a period of time
Intransitive: to knock around | to knock around sometime
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There have been rumors of a new product launch knocking around for months.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻāĻŦ āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāϏā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āϧāϰā§āĨ¤
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