knock wood

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English

Verb

knock wood (third-person singular simple present knocks wood, present participle knocking wood, simple past and past participle knocked wood)

  1. Alternative form of knock on wood
    • 2013, Lesley Ann McDaniel, Big Sky Bachelor, page 55:
      It's in an ultranice neighborhood. Pretty close to your school and to the boutique where — knock wood — I think I'm going to be working.