knocks off

present tense third-person singular of knock off
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of knocks off However, the Rangers erased the Yankees’ three-run lead in the bottom of the second, as former pinstriped prospects Josh Smith and Ezequiel Duran — traded for Joey Gallo in 2021 — had RBI knocks off Max Fried, with the latter tying the game. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knocks off
Verb
  • The breakthrough centers on a one-atom-thick filter that stops sulfur chains from clogging up the battery.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • My colleague Hannah Pinski hit the road late last week for a couple campaign stops for Massie alongside Paul, his ally in the Senate.
    Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Miami had a relatively balanced offense in the first two years, but the offense has lost its big-play bite, and consistently abandons the run.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Some of them are barely recipes at all; sometimes Nosrat abandons the form entirely.
    Dan Kois, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When extracts are shown, they’re either filmed in a theater or shown in a smaller frame within the frame, which robs the movie of its mega-ness.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The erasure of this experience robs us all, and especially future generations who will never see a night like this.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That included a pair of hunters named Victor Travis and Raymond Burgess; on the show, Gein hunts them down and murders them with a chainsaw.
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Kramer was brought into the yogurt shop murders case in late 2022 to be a part of the investigative team to sort through the evidence and find DNA.
    Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The crucial monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was not published Friday and is among the data that will be delayed at least until the government shutdown ends.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The deal ends a legal dispute that began last year when Attorney General Dave Yost sued the school to block the potential sale of books and rare manuscripts from HUC's Klau Library.
    Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dogs may not get endless playtime, but one determined Cavapoo wasn’t ready to call it quits when his toys were put away.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In the final moments of the episode, Mia quits, leaving many questions about her journey in the remainder of the season.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Once federal student aid is approved, the Department of Education disburses the money to the school, which deducts the tuition costs and forwards the remaining balance to the student to cover living expenses.
    John Wisely, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The county already deducts 2% from eligible contracts to fund its procurement operations.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If an airport ceases service for more than six hours, you may be reimbursed for non-refundable expenses like flights, hotels, prepaid tours, and change fees.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But her story importantly shows us today that when a certain population is being targeted by a state government, few officials parse out the particulars of one’s immigration status—and whether a person is stateless or not ultimately ceases to matter as the crackdowns escalate.
    Time, Time, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Knocks off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocks%20off. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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