knock away

knock away (at something)

to continue to knock at something. The loose shutter kept knocking away at the side of the house. It knocked away all night, keeping me awake.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cassandra	[kə'sændrə]
Renate	re-NAH-tə (German), rə-NAH-tə (Dutch)	German, Dutch, Norwegian
ClÍOna	-	Irish
Lamija	-	Bosnian
Nanuq	-	Native American, Inuit
Bernike	-	Biblical Greek