knock up

Definition

To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily.

Example Sentences

• "I'll just knock up a quick demo for the sales presentation."
• "However, by dint of beating about a little in the dark, and now and then knocking up a peaceable inhabitant to inquire the way, we at last came to something which there was no mistaking."
• "“Very sorry to knock you up, Watson,” said he, “but it's the common lot this morning. Mrs. Hudson has been knocked up, she retorted upon me, and I on you.”"

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