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knocking on

knocking on is the present participle and gerund of knock on.

Meaning of knock on

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To commit a foul by knocking the ball forward.
    • It then took a desperate piece of defending from Ben Foden to deny Scotland a try in the left-hand corner, the full-back reaching out an arm to knock the ball from Simon Danielli's grasp, Nick de Luca knocking on with the line at his mercy.2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport
  2. (slang) To have an affair; to commit adultery.
    • He's knocking on with her.

Questions about knocking on

What is knocking on the present participle and gerund of?
Knocking on is the present participle and gerund of knock on.

Words near knocking on in the dictionary

  1. knocking it out of the park
  2. knocking mill
  3. knocking mills
  4. knocking off
  5. knocking off someone's block
  6. knocking on
  7. knocking on heaven's door
  8. knocking on the door of
  9. knocking on the head
  10. knocking on wood
  11. knocking one down with a feather

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