knock up

verb, British

Synonyms and Antonyms of KNOCK UP

to cause to stop sleeping <I asked the clerk at the hotel to knock me up at 7:00 a.m.>

Synonyms arouse, awake, awaken, knock up [British], rouse, waken

Related Words roust, rout; raise, revive; reawaken, rewake; agitate, bestir, disturb, excite, provoke, stimulate, stir

Near Antonyms hypnotize, mesmerize

Antonyms lull

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