Not yet having taken a knock (2,3)
I believe the answer is:
to bat
'knock' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
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