KNOCKS OFF Synonyms: 239 Similar and Opposite Words

knocks off

verb

Definition of knocks off next

present tense third-person singular of knock off

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 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. —

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? —

Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026 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

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Luke then successfully stops two blasts from the training remote while not being able to see.

— Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 May 2026
Kathryn Stockett, who published her blockbuster novel The Help in 2009, is back with her first new book in 17 years—The Calamity Club—and she’s headed to Alabama on one of her first book tour stops.

— Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 May 2026