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to knock up
[phrase form: knock]
01
to make something quickly and easily, often without much care or effort
Example
I knocked up a quick sandwich for lunch.
She knocked up a few sketches for the new product design.
They knocked a makeshift shelter up out of branches and leaves.
02
αναγκάζω μια γυναίκα να μείνει έγκυος, καθιστώ μια γυναίκα έγκυο
to cause a woman to become pregnant
Informal
OffensiveExample
He knocked her up and then left her to raise the child on her own.
She 's worried that she might be knocked up after that one-night stand.
The doctor confirmed that she was knocked up and that she was due to give birth in six months.
03
χτυπώ μπάλες για ζέσταμα, κάνω προθέρμανση
(in tennis) to warm up for a match by hitting a few balls back and forth for a short time
Example
The tennis players knocked up for a few minutes before the start of their match.
The coach told the players to knock up before starting their practice drills.
The spectators watched the players knock up as they anticipated the start of the match.
04
χτυπώ την πόρτα (to knock on the door), ξύπνησα (to wake up)
to wake someone up by gently banging on their door
Example
He knocked me up at six o'clock in the morning to go fishing.
I knocked up my friend for work.
The kids knocked up their parents to ask for breakfast.
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