1
as in stops
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
knock it off!
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as in abandons
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 subtracts
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 robs
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 murders
to put to death deliberately
various assassins have tried to knock off the dictator over the years
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Recent Examples of knocks off
All of the Jays’ run-scoring knocks off Weathers also came on two-strike counts.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
Now my son toddles up to the bookshelf and casually knocks off Corduroy, The Cat in the Hat, This Pigeon Needs a Bath, Baby Beluga.
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Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
If Texas basketball knocks off defending national champion Florida Wednesday at Moody Center, should that guarantee the Longhorns a spot in the NCAA Tournament?
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Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
Now my son toddles up to the bookshelf and casually knocks off Corduroy, The Cat in the Hat, This Pigeon Needs a Bath, Baby Beluga.
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Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
If Texas basketball knocks off defending national champion Florida Wednesday at Moody Center, should that guarantee the Longhorns a spot in the NCAA Tournament?
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Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knocks off
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Santorini stops being only a view and starts behaving like a place again.
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Workforce needs, customer expectations, and business conditions evolve, and leaders have to be willing to adjust if the model stops delivering results.
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The lesson is that Beijing rarely abandons strategically important objectives once they become embedded in national planning documents and long-term competition strategy.
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Cue a whole host of dodgy deals and shady string-pulling, not to mention an extramarital affair, as the entirely fictional — but no doubt true to life — character abandons any sense of morality.
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The upward revision can be attributed to a downward revision on imports, which subtracts from GDP.
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The Montreal experimental trio subtracts drums and enfolds itself within resonant, rumbling guitar tones that summon otherworldly emotion.
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What people want to hear is your own voice; the story told in your own way, and that’s what AI completely robs everyone of.
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The ban has been widely celebrated by advocates who hope Vermont’s move will prompt similar action in other states to prevent the neurologic disease that robs people of control over their movements and affects about 1 million Americans.
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Moriarty has reported on the yogurt shop murders for over 30 years.
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Not the family stuff, like Natalie’s spontaneous nipple piercing after making out with Cady’s maybe-daughter, Nevaeh (Malia Pyles), who later murders her own mother after kissing her, for way too long, on the mouth.
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Find your favorite before the deal ends, and check out more bedding from Bloomhaven below.
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After physical disk production ends, new games will be available exclusively in digital format from the PlayStation Store, an online shop for PlayStation games, and at retailers.
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However, consumers and retailers shouldn’t call it quits on big fits just yet.
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This solution could even be moved from space to space as needed, though that would involve more hefting than most of us would be happy undertaking more than a few times before calling it quits.
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What happened Imagine an ATM that checks your balance, dispenses the money, then deducts the amount from your account.
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The state’s homestead market-value exclusion program automatically deducts a certain amount of value for the purpose of calculating property taxes.
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“Knocks off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocks%20off. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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