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come knocking en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic) To arrive unanticipated and uninvited.
So I put up bar and shutter
When the wind goes howling by.
For I know when it comes knocking
That some evil thing is nigh.
1907, The Little Sister:Dennis Menace Dennis is always in trouble — and it's not always his fault. If trouble comes knocking, it comes knocking for Dennis.
2023, BEANO Where’s Gnasher?, page 2:So, putting all these thoughts together, what do we do when temptation comes knocking?
1999, Jerry Newcombe, Kirsti Newcombe, A Way of Escape: Experiencing God's Victory Over Temptation, page 218:
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Deriveds
opportunity comes knocking