with knobs on

prepositional phrase

Embellished.

“And the same to you with knobs on!”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. UKidiomaticEmbellished.

    And although starting to talk about problem drug takers and demedicalization, when it came to talking about services, it fell back on the old medically dominated system, what Roger Lewis described as 'clinics with knobs on'.

    1984, Anne Jamieson, Alan Glanz, Susanne MacGregor, Dealing with drug misuse: crisis intervention in the city
  2. UKidiomatic(manner) Extremely; in a similar way, but taken to an extreme.

    And the same to you with knobs on!

    1 more example

    The door opened a foot. Parker squinted out, looking like death on a Popsicle stick. With knobs on.

    2005, Brad Whittington, Living With Fred
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APA

with knobs on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20knobs%20on

MLA

“with knobs on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20knobs%20on. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “with knobs on,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20knobs%20on.

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