(idiomatic, US, Philippines) Hopefully.
I do a lot of walking, and I have never had any knee problems yet, knock on wood.
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(idiomatic, US, Philippines) To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.
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