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Up The Knocks

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New York slang for pulling out a gun.
Bro was talking crazy, I had to up the knocks on him.
Up The Knocks by spinvvs February 19, 2023
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Up The Knocks • the one who knocks • knocks from the underground • i am the one who knocks • The school of hard knocks • The Knockouts • The Knock • The Knocker • The Knock on Wood Card • the knock out game

the one who knocks

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In the criminal underworld when a man becomes so powerful he is able to show up at another man's home and kill him without repercussions, there are two people involved in this scenario. The one who opens the door and gets shot, and the one who knocks.
I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks!

-Walter White
the one who knocks by WelcomeTo March 16, 2014
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i am the one who knocks 

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Completely badass line said by Walter White in Breaking Bad, announcing his power over others.
"A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No...I am the one who knocks."
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The one who knocks

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Walter White in the popular show Baking Bread
"I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks!"
The one who knocks by Evish7898678 October 19, 2022
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knocks from the underground 

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The building momentum or movement of independent or "underground" bands of a particular sound or style who are on the cusp of making it to "the next level"
LA's knocks from the underground are showing a promising future for psychedelic music.
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The school of hard knocks 

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To learn something the hard way (by experience)
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The problem with you is that you've been spoiled your whole life. You haven't had gone through the school of hard knocks to teach you what the world is really like!

I didn't go to college, but I went to the school of hard knocks. I learned everything by experience.

Synonym: The university of life
The school of hard knocks by Zami Karzai September 14, 2018
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