KNOCKED OFF Synonyms: 244 Similar and Opposite Words

knocked off

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past tense of knock off

as in stopped

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end knock it off!

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as in abandoned

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 subtracted

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 robbed

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 assassinated

to put to death deliberately various assassins have tried to knock off the dictator over the years

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Recent Examples of knocked off The new kid on the block knocked off all the others in voting for the best pizza in Rhode Island. —

Kathleen Hill, The Providence Journal, 11 Apr. 2026 The team last won a national championship in 1989 when Glen Rice and the Wolverines knocked off Seton Hall in overtime. —

Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026 The tournament’s top overall seed, Duke, lost in the Elite Eight in dramatic fashion, while fellow 1-seed Florida was knocked off in the second round. —

Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026 The 5-foot-6 Harmon had 11 points, seven assists, seven rebounds and six steals when Texas knocked off Southeastern Conference rival Kentucky 76-54 in the Sweet 16. —

CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026 The junior racked up four hits and added a pair of RBIs as Dublin knocked off Foothill 10-8 in East Bay Athletic League action. —

Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026 After snapping the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 12-game win streak and beating an Atlanta Hawks squad that had won 14 of 15, the Celtics knocked off another of the NBA’s hottest teams Sunday in Charlotte — and did so without two of their starters. —

Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026 Madueme won the boys 3-point shootout over Lake Nona’s Kason Beezer, and then Madueme knocked off girls winner Merthie 8-5 in the co-ed shootout. —

Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2026 Bennett Stirtz scored 20 points and Folgueiras had 16 for the Hawkeyes (24-12), who knocked off top-seeded and defending champion Florida in the second round on Folgueiras’ 3-pointer in the closing seconds. —

Kristie Rieken, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026

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To encompass the story, about a miracle from 847, when Pope Leo IV stopped a fire with a blessing, Raphael brings you into the fresco through the unshod feet of a woman in agony and leaves you near the very back, with a tiny and serene Leo IV.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
If the game stopped at this point, Fermat’s method for dividing the pot would list all possible outcomes of those five coin flips and then tally the ones that amassed 10 points for each player.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026