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Meaning of rock up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To turn up at a place or function spontaneously or unexpectedly, without notice or prior warning.
    informal
  2. To work one's way vertically up a chimney or cleft using a rocking movement.
  3. To turn powder cocaine into crack cocaine by cooking.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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