knock up

• Фразовый глагол, означающий сделать кого-то беременным или (в британском английском) разбудить кого-то стуком в дверь.

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

неисчисляемое · переходный · фразовый, разделяемый

1. Make quickly or improviseinformalbritish

   To prepare or assemble something hastily or without much effort.

   Соорудить на скорую руку

   • 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.

   Синонимыcobble togetherconcoctimprovisethrow togetherwhip up

2. informalbritish

   To wake someone by knocking on their door.

   Разбудить стуком

   • 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.

Базовый глаголknock