knock up

• Verbe à particule signifiant rendre quelqu'un enceinte, ou (en anglais britannique) réveiller quelqu'un en frappant à la porte.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Make quickly or improviseinformalbritish

   To prepare or assemble something hastily or without much effort.

   Préparer rapidement

   • 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.

   Synonymescobble togetherconcoctimprovisethrow togetherwhip up

2. informalbritish

   To wake someone by knocking on their door.

   Réveiller quelqu'un en frappant à sa porte

   • 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.

Verbe de baseknock