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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a knocking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the sound of someone or something knocking, often at a door.
Example: "I heard a knocking at the door and wondered who it could be."
Alternatives: "a rap" or "a tap".
Exact(40)
Fail and your reputation takes a knocking.
It was a knocking on the door to his heart.
And then she heard a knocking at her door".
It wasn't a knocking on a door in a business hotel.
Their hands are bloody, there is a knocking at the gate.
I was in the kitchen, putting on a kettle for tea, when I heard a knocking at my front door.
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As if bobbies will come a-knocking on No 10 otherwise.
This year, March came a-knocking with a whole zoo of beauties and beasties, hot and cold.
Your life doesn't always have an open calendar when a new engagement comes a-knocking.
Which means he's used to doors being slammed in his face when he comes a-knocking.
- Look at these need to know facts about preparing your guest room before your family comes a-knocking.
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