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To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.
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I guess his summer plans are shot now that he knocked his girlfriend up.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
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- pull up
- put away
- run to
- stick out
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- turn into
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- born yesterday
- brass ring
- call it a day
- come hell or high water
- deliver the goods
- ears are burning
- eat one's words
- elbow room
- flutter in the dovecote
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- gray area
- half-baked
- have second thoughts
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- in evidence
- in heaven's name
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- make fun of
- muckety muck
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- nugget of truth
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- on board
- on edge
- one of those days
- out of character
- out of line
- out to lunch
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- put one over
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