Synonyms for knock on wood

Grammar : Verb

Spell : woo d

Phonetic Transcription : wʊd

Top 10 synonyms for knock on wood Other synonyms for the word knock on wood

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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.

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Antonyms for knock on wood