come knocking

verb

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • So, putting all these thoughts together, what do we do when temptation comes knocking?
    • Dennis Menace Dennis is always in trouble — and it's not always his fault. If trouble comes knocking, it comes knocking for Dennis.

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