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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Time Out
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 20:46:41 +1100
There's a few missing there -
Knock back - also can mean a refusal as in 'I got a knock back', 'I knocked 
back the offer'. I thought that was UK English but it may be Australian - I get 
a bit confused.
Then there's a 'knock' in the engine - problematic sound in the motor.
To 'have someone knocked' - killed. 
A 'knocker-up' - man who used to go around in the early morning tapping on 
windows with a pole to wake people up, in the4 days when they couldn't afford 
alarm clocks. (Northern English, 19th C).
'Knock yourself out' - also 'help yourself, go for it' (Aus. - 'Mind if I put 
the hard word on your ex?' - 'Knock yourself out mate, it's your funeral')

Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



On 07/01/2012, at 5:51 AM, John Hudson wrote:

> Here is a lengthy list of knocking definitions:
> 
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/knock+up

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