Expect and Knock

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Expect verb - To believe in the future occurrence of (something).

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Knock and expect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knock" instead a verb "Expect".

Knock verb - To come into usually forceful contact with something.

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Expect and knock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expect" instead a verb "Knock".

Nearby Words: knocked, knockout, knockdown, knocking, knocker

person	expect person	knock person
character	expect character	knock character
hero	expect hero	knock hero
man	expect man	knock man
Other words: guy, people, someone, number, time, characters, bit, damage, anyone, times, jokes, heroes.

It hurts about as much as you'd expect it to, coming from a Squishy Wizard, but it can knock almost anything off its feet as well, two story tall dragons and robots included.

Source: Roundhouse Kick
PG Explosives: As you would expect from a kids show, all explosions do is knock people off their feet and maybe singe their clothing.

Source: Series / RoboCop: The Series
Expect men to to knock people about with clubs and drag women around by their hair.

Source: Small Reference Pools / Real Life

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