Definition of KNOCK OFF

Examples of knockoff in a Sentence

Noun That purse is a knockoff. Verb decided it was time to knock off telling fantastic fibs about her family background a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Now every brand makes a knockoff of the skate park inspired look, but Ecco has a long rich history of comfort innovation in footwear, and still makes the best. — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 2 June 2021 Balenciaga and Vetements designer Demna Gvasalia bent the high-fashion world to his will by leaning into a look that felt consciously inauthentic, that rebelled against subtlety and embraced the counterfeit look of the knockoff industry. — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021 Albert said that Activision has an interest in making sure its title does not become a generic term as well, given knockoff games. — Washington Post, 4 June 2021 But these Thunderbolts aren’t a low-voltage knockoff of the greats who came before. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2021 Bucky pulls off a miraculous save, but not before John Walker (Wyatt Russell) shows up in his Captain America uniform with a knockoff shield. — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2021 But naysayers slammed the band as a prefab Led Zeppelin knockoff, as if Greta Van Fleet had been concocted in some label board room. — Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2021 In the grand scheme of things, there are certainly worthier titles to highlight than an 80-minute French action-movie knockoff that would have gone straight to DVD back in the days when DVDs were a thing. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2021 A year of watching theater online had left me feeling as if I had been forever condemned to crave my favorite brand and had to settle for a knockoff. — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb There was plenty to talk about after Poole was instrumental in helping the Warriors knock off one of the NBA’s top two teams for a second consecutive game. — Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2021 Had North Harrison been able to knock off Silver Creek in the sectional (a 44-41 loss in the sectional semifinal) and advance in the tournament, Hatton’s chances go up considerably. — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2021 Sam Houston State rallied from a 24-3 halftime deficit to knock off James Madison, 38-35, in the semifinals. — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 16 May 2021 The Canadiens are the ninth No. 8-seeded team to knock off a No. 1 in 32 matchups since the NHL went to its current playoff format in 1994 — and the first to come back from a 3-1 series deficit. — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2021 After coming back from a double-digit second-half deficit to knock off the Hawks in overtime on Wednesday, the Knicks are now 33-27, in sole possession of fourth place in the Eastern Conference. — oregonlive, 23 Apr. 2021 And the opportunity to potentially knock off a prime Republican target in Florida, too, might be drawing some House Democrats into a possible matchup. — Kendall Karson, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2021 One intriguing part of the Treviño/McKee-Rodriguez alliance is the fact that McKee-Rodriguez’s initial involvement in campaign politics came as an intern for Michael Montaño, an attorney who tried to knock off Trevino in 2017. — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Apr. 2021 But the Empire have to be near perfect to knock off a FaZe team that’s in form. — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2021

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