knock together
Make or assemble quickly or carelessly, as in We knocked together the bookcases in about half an hour. [Late 1800s]
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How to use knock together in a sentence
It seemed like a worthy object, so I sent some carpenters over to knock together a long frame pavilion.
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son | George Horace LorimerThere's many on 'em, with claw-hammer coats and diamonds in their shirt-fronts, as hasn't got two quid to knock together.
In Friendship's Guise | Wm. Murray GraydonA rising breeze caused the limbs of some trees to knock together; it swept Shultzs clammy cheek and made him shiver.
The New Boys at Oakdale | Morgan ScottImmediately the flying-machine fell with a thump that made the gingerbread man's candy teeth knock together.
John Dough and the Cherub | L. Frank BaumShe was resolved not to look frightened, though her very knees would knock together at times.
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