knock around ( also knock about British English ) phrasal verb informal ( see also ↑ knock )
1 . HIT SOMEBODY knock somebody around to hit someone several times:
My father used to knock me around.
2 . RELAX knock around (something) to spend time somewhere, without doing anything very serious or important SYN hang around :
On Saturdays I knock around with my friends.
We spent the day just knocking around the house.
3 . TRAVEL knock around something to travel to different places SYN kick around :
For a couple of years we knocked around the Mediterranean.
4 . IDEAS knock something ↔ around to discuss and think about an idea, plan etc with other people:
We’ve been knocking around a few ideas.
5 . BALL knock something around British English to play a game with a ball, but not in a serious way SYN kick about
6 . BE SOMEWHERE British English if something or someone is knocking around, it is somewhere but you are not sure exactly where:
Is there a screwdriver knocking about anywhere?