come knocking

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Toarriveunanticipatedanduninvited.1907,The Little Sister:So I put up bar and shutterWhen the wind goes howling by.For I know when itcomes knockingThat some evil thing is nigh.1999, Jerry Newcombe, Kirsti Newcombe,A Way of Escape: Experiencing God's Victory Over Temptation, page218:So, putting all these thoughts together, what do we do when temptationcomes knocking?2023,BEANO Where’s Gnasher?, page 2:Dennis Menace Dennis is always in trouble — and it's not always his fault. If troublecomes knocking, itcomes knockingfor Dennis.

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