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knock up verb

  /nɒk ʌp/
  • (racket sports, intransitive) To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up. [from 19th c.]
 aufwärmen
  • (dated) To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more. [from 18th c.]
 erschöpfen
  • (dated, intransitive) To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out. [from 18th c.]
 erschöpfen, schwängern
knock-up
Warmlaufen
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