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knocked around

knocked around is the simple past and past participle of knock around.

Meaning of knock around

Verb

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

  1. (informal) Synonym of knock about.
    • I like to knock around the garden on Saturdays.
    Synonyms:
    knock about

Questions about knocked around

What is knocked around the simple past and past participle of?
Knocked around is the simple past and past participle of knock around.

Words near knocked around in the dictionary

  1. knocked a buzzard off a gut wagon
  2. knocked a buzzard off a shit wagon
  3. knocked a dog off a gut wagon
  4. knocked a skunk off a gut wagon
  5. knocked about
  6. knocked around
  7. knocked at the door of
  8. knocked back
  9. knocked boots
  10. knocked dead
  11. knocked down

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