knock up
• make something in a hurry.
• "I knocked up some pasta and a beef casserole"
Similar:
make quickly,
put together quickly,
prepare hastily,
build rapidly,
whip up,
rig up,
jerry-build,
throw together,
cobble together,
improvise,
devise,
contrive,
make,
prepare,
produce,
get,
get ready,
assemble,
put together,
fix,
rustle up,
• make a woman pregnant.
• "he knocked her up and left her"
Similar:
make pregnant,
impregnate,
inseminate,
put in the family way,
get in the club,
get with child,
• wake or attract the attention of someone by knocking at their door.
• "if you are sick during the night, you cannot knock your neighbour up at 2 a.m."
Similar:
wake,
wake up,
waken,
awaken,
call,
rouse,
arouse,
get out of bed,
get up,
give someone a shout,
• (in tennis or a similar game) practise before formal play begins.
Similar:
warm up,
practise,
have a practice game,
hit a ball around,
• score runs rapidly.
Similar:
achieve,
attain,
accomplish,
gain,
win,
succeed in making,
reach,
make,
get,
obtain,
score,
chalk up,
tally,
record,
clock up,
notch up,
rack up,
bag,
knock-up
noun
• (in tennis or other racket sports) a period of practice play, especially before formal play begins.
