Approve and Knocking

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Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

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Knocking is an antonym for approve.

Nearby Words: approval, approbation, approving, approvingly, approvement

Knocking noun - The sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing).

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Approve is an antonym for knocking in criticize harshly topic.

Nearby Words: knock, knocked, knocker

Laval develops a fast crush on Li'ella, but her foster father Tormak notices and doesn't approve at all, to the point of knocking down Laval with his bow on the steps of the Phoenix temple.

Source: Western Animation / Legends of Chima
Fetish: Knee Socks: The ghost in your room That you always thought didn't approve of you knocking boots Never stopped you letting me get hold of the sweet spot by the scruff of your Knee socks "I Want" Song: Unsurprisingly, I Want It All.

Source: Music / AM

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