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with knobs on

with knobs on prepositional phrase: embellished.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK, idiomatic) Embellished.
    • And although starting to talk about problem drug takers and demedicalization, when it came to talking about services, it fell back on the old medically dominated system, what Roger Lewis described as 'clinics with knobs on'.1984, Anne Jamieson, Alan Glanz, Susanne MacGregor, Dealing with drug misuse: crisis intervention in the city
  2. (UK, idiomatic) (manner) Extremely; in a similar way, but taken to an extreme.
    • And the same to you with knobs on!
    • The door opened a foot. Parker squinted out, looking like death on a Popsicle stick. With knobs on.2005, Brad Whittington, Living With Fred

with knobs on meaning in Bengali

with knobs on in Bengali

অলংকৃত, অত্যন্ত, একই রকম উপায়ে, তবে চরমভাবে

Questions about with knobs on

What does with knobs on mean?
With knobs on means embellished.
What is with knobs on in Bengali?
With knobs on in Bengali is অলংকৃত, অত্যন্ত, একই রকম উপায়ে. See With knobs on meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is with knobs on?
With knobs on is a prepositional phrase.

Words near with knobs on in the dictionary

  1. with good grace
  2. with good reason
  3. with hat in hand
  4. with ill grace
  5. with it
  6. with knobs on
  7. with leaden wings
  8. with no further ado
  9. with one arm tied behind one's back
  10. with one consent
  11. with one hand

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