knock around
knock
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/nˈɒk ɐɹˈaʊnd/
knock about

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "knock around"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to knock around
[phrase form: knock]
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āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to strike someone or something multiple times
Transitive: to knock around sb/sth
to knock around definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The carpenter is knocking the piece of wood around with a hammer, shaping it into a chair leg.
āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āϠ⧁āĻ•āϛ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āϏāĻĻāĻžāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύāϜāύāĻ• āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to treat someone or something in a careless, rough, or disrespectful manner
Transitive: to knock around sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He knocks around his belongings without any care for their condition.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ āύāĻž āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•-āĻ“āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĨ¤
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āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to spend time or travel without a clear plan or direction
Transitive: to knock around a place
to knock around definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I spent the afternoon knocking around town, just window shopping and people-watching.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāϘ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹ āĻļāĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to spend a considerable amount of time with someone, often implying close companionship or romantic involvement
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The old friends had knocked around in their younger days, but they lost touch over the years.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϝ⧌āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāĻ“ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāϘ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāĻ“ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to be somewhere nearby, but the exact location is unknown
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Intransitive: to knock around somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'm sure I 'll find my lost earrings eventually. They must be knocking around somewhere in my jewelry box.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧁āϞ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāχ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ—āϝāĻŧāύāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāĻ“ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to casually discuss or think about ideas, plans, or possibilities
Transitive: to knock around an idea or plan
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They often knock ideas around for their next project during their lunch breaks.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϞāĻžāĻžā§āϚ āĻŦā§āϰ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of ideas, plans, etc.) to be casually discussed or brainstormed over a period of time
Intransitive: to knock around | to knock around sometime
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There have been rumors of a new product launch knocking around for months.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϗ⧁āϜāĻŦ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āϧāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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