knock around
Verb
Meaning
knock around (third-person singular simple present knocks around, present participle knocking around, simple past and past participle knocked around)
(informal) Synonym of knock about
I like to knock around the garden on Saturdays.
I used to knock around with John when we were younger.
I’ve got some scissors knocking around somewhere in the kitchen.
It was known that he would knock his wife around when he had been drinking.
Synonyms
gad
maul
weekend
mistreat
uppercut
gallivant
percuss
beat up
work over
talk over
knock about
peregrinate
knock on
sit around
manhandle
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