"up to the knocker" meaning in English

See up to the knocker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

  1. (slang) Up to the required standard; excellent. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-up_to_the_knocker-en-prep_phrase-8MM9jlE9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
  2. (slang) Dressed in a very showy and elegant way. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-up_to_the_knocker-en-prep_phrase-iXCPG2To
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        "(slang) Dressed in a very showy and elegant way."
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