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knock about
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knock about
abuse, bat around, batter, bruise, buffet, bum, count ties, divagate, do violence to, do wrong by, do wrong to, drift, flit, gad, gad about, gallivant, go about, go the rounds, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, ill-treat, ill-use, injure, jaunt, knock around, maltreat, manhandle, maul, meander, mishandle, mistreat, molest, mooch, nomadize, outrage, peregrinate, pererrate, prowl, ramble, range, roam, rough, rough up, roughhouse, rove, run about, saunter, savage, straggle, stray, stroll, traipse, tramp, vagabond, vagabondize, walk the tracks, wander, wayfareFor further exploring for "knock about" in Webster Dictionary Online