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Synonyms for knock on wood
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : woo d |
| Phonetic Transcription : wʊd |
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Définition of knock on wood
Origin :- Old English wudu, earlier widu "tree, trees collectively, the substance of which trees are made," from Proto-Germanic *widuz (cf. Old Norse viðr, Danish and Swedish ved "tree, wood," Old High German witu "wood"), perhaps from PIE *widhu- "tree, wood" (cf. Welsh gwydd "trees," Gaelic fiodh- "wood, timber," Old Irish fid "tree, wood"). Woodsy is from 1860. Out of the woods "safe" is from 1792.
- As in hope : verb long for, dream about
Antonyms for knock on wood
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