knock up

• Verbo frasal que significa dejar embarazada a alguien o (en inglés británico) despertar a alguien llamando a la puerta.

A phrasal verb meaning to make someone pregnant, or (in British English) to wake someone up by knocking on their door.

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Make quickly or improviseinformalbritish

   To prepare or assemble something hastily or without much effort.

   improvisar

   • She knocked up a quick dinner from leftovers.
   • He knocked up a simple shelf in the garage.
   • They knocked up a plan for the weekend trip in ten minutes.

   Sinónimoscobble togetherconcoctimprovisethrow togetherwhip up

2. informalbritish

   To wake someone by knocking on their door.

   Despertar llamando a la puerta

   • Could you knock me up at 6 AM tomorrow?
   • The hotel staff knocked up the guests for breakfast.
   • He knocked up his friend to go fishing early.

Verbo baseknock