knock about

Example Sentences

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There will always be twisted murderers knocking about, and Luther can't resist when they bait him.

From Salon

An asteroid minding its own business not too far from Earth is about to get knocked about by a visitor from our planet.

From New York Times

This bust of the Queen Mother is considered a limited edition with only another 499 knocking about.

From BBC

The Institute for Fiscal Studies calculates that taking account of previously announced tax increases knocks about £18bn from the value of the package, leaving it at £19bn.

From BBC

Gareth Leather, senior Asia economist at Capital Economics, said Malaysia's heavy fuel and transport subsidies have likely knocked about 1.5 percentage points off the country's inflation, which was just 2.3% in April.

From Reuters