Usage of "knock about"

Portuguese

Catalan

Spanish

Strike against forcefully.

Be around; be alive or active.

Usage of knock about in English

Rough and knock about for a while, and then rest up somewhere. 
 The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke 

I suppose because he likes to ' knock about,' as you call it. 
 The Half-Hearted 

It's just as well you haven't to knock about in the world, then. 
 Winding Paths 

He sha'n't send his fellows here to knock about the things. 
 Bristol Bells: A Story of the Eighteenth Century 

So you may as well come and knock about a little. 
 To-morrow? 

It's a handy thing to know, when you knock about like I've done.' 
 My Antonia 

He can knock about, and live from hand to mouth. 
 The Golden Fleece: A Romance 

You'd want to knock about a bit in the world. 
 Dubliners 

So she has to knock about with me all day, which is awful slow. 
 Roger Ingleton, Minor 

I've been gathering support for it as I knock about. 
 Whirligigs 

So I had much leisure to knock about in. 
 In Those Days: The Story of an Old Man 

I do a little work, as I knock about. 
 The great lover 

This year I'll knock about a hundred and eighty billion productive hours out of human society. 
 Year Zero 

To knock about and to be knocked about. 
 The Heavenly Twins 

Dan found the selection pretty slow-sohe told Mother-andthought he would knock about a bit. 
 On Our Selection 

How could I have kept him with me if I had to knock about in towns? 
 Within the Tides: Tales 

knock

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Translations for knock about

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Knock about through the time

Knock about across language varieties

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Meanings of knock about in English