"touch wood" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

Audio: En-au-touch wood.ogg
  1. Toucher du bois.
    Sense id: fr-touch_wood-en-verb-EXo8Yg6H Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: knock on wood

Inflected forms

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