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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3
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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4
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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5
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
Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
There are multiple ways to knock off at least a few cents, including finding the least expensive gas station in your neighborhood, filling up at certain retailers and joining loyalty programs.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
Josh Funk, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
One American answer to the resource mismatch in this regard is a Shahed-136 knockoff called the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System, which comes in at about $35,000 to $40,000 a drone.
—Brynn Tannehill, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
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Verb
After the next batter struck out, senior third baseman Grant Umbright smashed a single that nearly knocked off the third baseman’s glove before hurtling into left field.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
There are multiple ways to knock off at least a few cents, including finding the least expensive gas station in your neighborhood, filling up at certain retailers and joining loyalty programs.
—Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
The Danish pharmaceutical giant didn’t immediately comment Saturday on Hims’ decision to drop the knockoff.
—Josh Funk, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
One American answer to the resource mismatch in this regard is a Shahed-136 knockoff called the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System, which comes in at about $35,000 to $40,000 a drone.
—Brynn Tannehill, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knock off
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Quin Snyder’s Towns wrinkle stalled the Knicks briefly, then stopped working.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The workers get ordered to start jobs, stop jobs, ignore jobs and are other things that turn them into ping pong balls, with the Butleys and the del Valles as the paddles.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Even as anthropologists were decisively abandoning totemism, however, the idea was gaining cultural credibility elsewhere.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Mason’s project is a prime example of how journalists are reaching audiences who have abandoned traditional TV for streaming.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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And subtract another $5 million charity donation woven into his PGA agreement, too.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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The two resulting signals are subtracted from each other to deliver the pure EPR signal—no speed-limiting feedback loop needed.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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The next year, he was arrested again for robbing and assaulting a prostitute.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Police in San Francisco said a drone unit helped lead to the arrest of two people suspected of robbing a victim of their gold chain earlier this week.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Additional rooms focus on killers such as John Wayne Gacy, known as the clown serial killer who was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys, and the Green River Killer, named Gary Ridgway, who was convicted of murdering 49 women between 1982 and 1998, among others.—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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The parents of Celeste Rivas Hernandez were cleared of allegations of child neglect and abuse in the months before authorities say the teenager was murdered and dismembered by singer D4vd, who now faces a possible death sentence for the slaying.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Founded in 1985, this group of seven savvy string pluckers is the world’s first such assemblage and has been the inspiration for all manner of copycat ensembles ever since.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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By 1954, hospitals throughout the world were using it, and by the late 1950s, numerous copycat drugs were in circulation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Marco Bello | Reuters Spirit Airlines ceased operations early Saturday after the budget airline failed to get its bond investors behind a $500 million government bailout deal.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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The building became empty and available after a solar roof company exited the site, ceased operations, laid off all its South Bay workers and moved to Texas.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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For decades, California had some of the strongest legal protections for law enforcement officers in the country, at times allowing those who engaged in serious misconduct to quietly quit and find jobs in other departments.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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But in the end, higher jet fuel prices triggered by the Iran war drained cash from the business at an accelerating pace, forcing it to call it quits.—
Bernard Condon,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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“Knock off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knock%20off. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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