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 Fentanyl is a legitimate pharmaceutical drug reserved for rare medical situations, but it has been knocked off by Chinese chemical suppliers and Mexican cartel manufacturers in recent years in the latest iteration of the opioid epidemic. —

Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 17 May 2026 Take all 98 winners and ask which one the standards would have knocked off the ballot. —

Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 May 2026 Following the Supreme Court case in February, about 10 percentage points were knocked off the tariff rate for China. —

CBS News, 17 May 2026 Svitolina knocked off Gauff for the third consecutive time this season Saturday in Rome, with a 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-2 win that saw her lift the Italian Open for a third time. —

Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 16 May 2026 Gavin Biggins shouldered the load offensively with four goals, while Brayden Rau (hat trick) sniped the game-ending tally as Rockland knocked off South Shore League foe East Bridgewater in overtime, 9-8. —

Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026 Woodbridge’s Isabella Parker knocked off the two-time defending champion in the girls 100 freestyle. —

Dan Albano, Oc Register, 10 May 2026 In the first game, the hitters started going to right field and knocked off the Royals 10-2. —

Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026 Dramatic video released by New York City police shows the moment officers responding to a domestic violence call at a Queens home early Thursday were knocked off their feet in an explosion. —

Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026

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Can the textpocalypse be stopped?

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Otherwise, the Canadiens were stopped on their first shot and scored on their next three in Game 6; the Sabres were stopped on their first shot and scored on three straight against Jakub Dobeš in Game 5.

— Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 17 May 2026