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Date: 2010-04-22 12:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] m31andy.livejournal.com
It's British working class slang - knocking off...

Knocking up (also cognate) is exclusively used in the "getting someone pregnant" way now, not just the act itself.

(As in, Sam knocked me up - he either woke her up suddenly or got her pregnant. God, I love British slang...)
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