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knock together

knock together verb: to assemble something quickly.

Verb

knock together (third-person singular simple present knocks together, present participle knocking together, simple past and past participle knocked together)

  1. (idiomatic) To assemble something quickly.
    • I'll just knock together a quick demo.
  2. (also, figuratively) To come together, as if in contact.
    • This has all the hallmarks of a disagreement that needs some heads knocking together. It's not in passenger interests for company and union to be arguing like this.2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3

Synonyms of knock together

Forms of knock together

third-person singular presentknocks together
present participleknocking together
past participleknocked together
pastknocked together

Questions about knock together

What does knock together mean?
Knock together means to assemble something quickly.
What part of speech is knock together?
Knock together is a verb.
What is the past tense of knock together?
The past tense of knock together is knocked together.

Words near knock together in the dictionary

  1. knock the daylights out of
  2. knock the living daylights out of
  3. knock the persimmon
  4. knock the stuffing out of
  5. knock the wind out of someone's sails
  6. knock together
  7. knock under
  8. knock up
  9. knock wood
  10. knock-'em-downs
  11. knock-about

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