knock around
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to be somewhere in a place, although you do not know exactly where
to discuss ideas in an informal way
to hit someone a lot
to spend time somewhere with no particular purpose
to spend time with someone because you are friends
Her husband had been knocking her around.
I knocked around the Mediterranean for almost three years after leaving school.
I’ve got a knife knocking around somewhere.
Who was that lad you used to knock around with?
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
knock back
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
if something knocks you back a particular amount of money, you have to pay that amount of money for it
to cause problems or delays for someone
to drink alcohol quickly or in large amounts
to refuse to accept someone or something
But after getting knocked back so many times, he stopped trying.
But she gets knocked back - and he pops the question to Jodie.
He knocked back two double vodkas.
He’s been knocked back by every girl in the school.
How much did the repairs knock you back?
One or two problems have knocked us back a couple of weeks.
The 60-year-old actress knocked back one too many and looked ready to tipple over.
The Trotters had tabled a bid earlier in the day but were knocked back.
Then you get a knock back, but generally you're always taking steps forward.
Those aided by the Help to Buy scheme could be knocked back to square one by such a measure.
WHAT'S the best way to knock back rumours you've fathered a love child?
We are looking for things to stop the boredom and we've looked into volunteering but keep getting knocked back.
Your friends and family are relying on the chef to keep them safe, so hold off on knocking back too many beers until you're done cooking.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
knock down
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to deliberately destroy a building or wall
to hit someone with a vehicle so that they are injured or killed
to persuade someone to reduce the price of something
to reduce a price or amount
to show that something such as an idea or suggestion is not good or useful
I managed to knock him down to £120.
I will knock down the taxes that we over-pay, the taxes that we then have no say over how they're spent.
It was a theory that was easily knocked down.
Sue was knocked down just yards from her home.
The far wall could be knocked down to make the room bigger.
They knocked the price of beer down over 20p a pint to £1.45.
`Oh, well in that case let's just knock down all the prisons.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
knock it off!
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
stop doing something annoying
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
knock off
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to finish or complete something quickly and easily, often because it does not take much time or effort.
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knock out
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to make something stop working or to damage something so it cannot be used
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
knock over
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to make something fall to the ground by hitting it accidentally.
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
knock together
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to make two rooms or buildings into one room or building by removing a wall that separates them
to produce something quickly and easily
used for threatening to punish two people or groups who are fighting
It looks like something one might knock together in the shed.
The little bars have been knocked together to make an awkward low room.
The six-bedroom property is made up of two Victorian terraced houses knocked together to make a large home for an extended family.
The two cottages had been knocked together.
While you get dressed, I’ll knock together a quick dinner.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
knock up
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to make someone pregnant
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
know from
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to recognize the difference between two people or things
Most people wouldn’t know it from real champagne.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
know of
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to know about someone or something, but not know any details
to know that someone or something exists and who, what, or where they are
used for answering that you think something is not true, although you are not completely certain
Do you know of anyone who’s looking for a new car?
I only know of one case in which this has happened.
‘Has he asked for a meeting with the President?’ ‘Not that I know of.’
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
knuckle down
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
To start working very hard, especially when you should have been working harder before.
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
knuckle under
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to give in to someone’s authority or demands, even if you don't want to.
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
labour under
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to continue doing something or believing something because you think that something else is true, even though it is not
to exist or try to live in a situation where there are serious difficulties or problems
Even after a decade, she still seems to labour under the illusion that she is Party leader.
Many countries labour under a huge burden of debt they cannot even begin to pay.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
lace up
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to tie the laces on shoes, boots, or other clothing that uses laces.
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
ladle out
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
same as ladle
to give large amounts of money, goods, or information to someone without thinking carefully what it will be used for
Danlo coughed and bent over the oilstone to ladle out some hot dog grease melting in the pot.
The wife was at the stove to ladle out the thin soup which was to form their Christmas Feast.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
land in
N/A
Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
if a plane or boat lands people or goods somewhere, it brings them there
if an aircraft lands, it comes down to the ground
to arrive at a place by plane or boat
to arrive somewhere, especially unexpectedly or in a way that causes problems
to be in an unpleasant situation or place, or to cause someone to be in an unpleasant situation or place
to bring a plane down to the ground
to catch a fish and pull it out of the water
to come down to the ground or to a surface after moving or falling through the air
to get something that you wanted, especially a job or opportunity
At the age of 19 she landed a small role in a West End play.
He was hoping to land the job on a permanent basis.
His recklessness could land him in real trouble.
It was after midnight by the time we landed.
Motorboats landed supplies along the beaches.
She landed up in hospital with a broken leg.
She was uninjured after landing in the snow.
The hawk landed on a fence post near the road.
The pilot was able to land the plane safely.
The plane landed a couple of hours before dawn.
The whole family landed on my doorstep for the weekend.
Thousands of letters a week were landing on his desk.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
land on
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to criticize someone severely
He really landed on me for being late.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
land up
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Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
To finally be in a particular place, situation, or condition, often without planning it.
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
land up in
N/A
Chưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
arrive, end a journey in a place, often without planning
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs