1
as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
knock it off!
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2
as in to abandon
to stop doing (something) permanently
decided it was time to knock off telling fantastic fibs about her family background
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as in to subtract
to take away (an amount or number) from a total
a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax
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as in to rob
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
Bonnie and Clyde coped with the Great Depression by knocking off banks
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as in to murder
to put to death deliberately
various assassins have tried to knock off the dictator over the years
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Recent Examples of knock off
Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2024
The four of them managed to stay on the roof for a little bit and then some power lines and trees come through and kind of knock off Megan and her dad.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
Heshel Rolnick, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
Among the products were tactical vests, backpacks and plate carriers, which Crye identified as knockoffs due to inconsistencies in coloring with its MultiCam pattern.
—Annie Palmer,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Spare yourself some cleanup by using a heavier container that is difficult for a cat to knock off a shelf or table.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2024
The four of them managed to stay on the roof for a little bit and then some power lines and trees come through and kind of knock off Megan and her dad.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
Noun
On half the corners in downtown New York, there’s a hustler with a pushcart or a folding table hawking knockoff Gucci bags and Margiela shades.
—Heshel Rolnick, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
Among the products were tactical vests, backpacks and plate carriers, which Crye identified as knockoffs due to inconsistencies in coloring with its MultiCam pattern.
—Annie Palmer,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knock off
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Donations dwindle, while volunteers from the opposite side of the country stop coming or divert to another disaster.Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
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Johnny can’t stop holding onto his baggage with Kreese, but Daniel is dealing with something even bigger.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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Heller long dreamed of reviving it, but ambitions for a European Luna Luna tour, or for the city of Vienna to buy the project, were soon abandoned.Ian Malone, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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Ashworth, 92, grew up in poverty, mostly in South Austin and East Austin during the 1930s and '40s, after his mysterious father abandoned the family.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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Then, when adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, the numbers are typically kept in the floating-point format.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Here’s how to calculate gross margin: Start with a company’s revenue then subtract the costs of that revenue.Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
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Photo: Adrian Nina Ormerod’s splash of pink tulle reflects a wider trend for tinted veils that has proliferated in alternative corners of the Western wedding sphere, where women aren’t robbed of £50 for a warm glass of Prosecco and the privilege of wriggling into a grubby one-size-fits-all sample.Alice Newbold, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
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This self-judgment robs us of presence and keeps us trapped in a cycle of dissatisfaction.Susanne Biro, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Portrait of an Indigenous Womxn [Removed] commemorated murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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The onetime president pretended to be murdered in a 1963 homemade spy movie.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
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Federal law normally bans pharmacies from making copycat versions of commercially available drugs.Jackie Snow, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Eli Lilly quickly started sending cease-and-desist letters to companies selling copycat versions.Bruce Gil, Quartz, 30 Oct. 2024
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After Veda's sudden death, the company had ceased production, with fans and collectors willing to pay exorbitant amounts for one of the original 28 games that were created.Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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This philosophical novel consists of the diary entries of a woman for whom the days have ceased to pass.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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The attempt to reduce the federal workforce is a push against on remote work—especially if government workers quit as a result of the initiative.Chris Westfall, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was the last album that Genesis recorded before Peter Gabriel quit the band to launch a solo career.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Knock off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knock%20off. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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