knock off
knock
nɑ:k
naak
off
ɔf
awf
/nˈɒk ˈɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "knock off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to knock off
[phrase form: knock]
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āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to discontinue an activity
to knock off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He knocked off trying to fix the car after realizing he did n't have the right tools.
āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŽ āύ⧇āχ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take someone's life, typically in association with criminal activity
to knock off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hitman was known for his ability to knock off high-profile targets without being caught.
āĻšāĻŋāϟāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϚ-āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻĢāĻžāχāϞ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ–āϤāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϧāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to lower the price or value of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The salesperson knocked a percentage off from the final price to close the deal.
āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϏāĻžā§Ž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take something illegally without permission
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The burglars knocked off the mansion, making off with valuables and cash.
āĻšā§‹āϰ⧇āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻžāĻĻāϟāĻŋ āϞ⧁āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻ—āĻĻ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to end one's work, typically at the end of a designated period
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They 're knocking off for lunch right now.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ–āύāχ āϞāĻžāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to hit something with enough force to cause it to fall off its position or attachment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She knocked her keys off from the counter while reaching into her bag.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to finish something quickly and efficiently
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The skilled typist knocked off the report in no time.
āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āϟāĻžāχāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āχ āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to produce a fake or imitation of an idea, product, or design
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Unethical manufacturers often try to knock off unique packaging ideas to attract customers without originality.
āĻ…āύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύāĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āύāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϜāĻŋāĻ‚ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āύāĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋

(in sports) to defeat an opponent in a match or competition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The boxer trained rigorously to be able to knock off the current titleholder in the championship match.
āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύāĻļāĻŋāĻĒ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āĻĻāϰāĻĻāĻžāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻĻā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of an auctioneer) to officially assign an item to the highest bidder by tapping on the counter
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the bidding reached its peak, the auctioneer decided to knock off the rare painting to the enthusiastic collector.
āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϰ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āϛ⧇, āύāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšā§€ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϞ āĻĒ⧇āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϚ⧁āĻĻāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to have sexual intercourse with someone
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He bragged about how many girls he 'd knocked off in the past month.
āĻ—āϤ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ•āϤāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžāϰāĻŖ

to eliminate something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After completing the tasks, I could knock off several items from my to-do list.
āĻ•āĻžāϜāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϟ⧁-āĻĄā§ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāχāĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(in cricket) to score the total number of runs required for victory during a match
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team captain urged the players to focus and ensure they could knock off the challenging target set by the opposing side.
āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāύ⧋āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜāĻŋāĻ‚ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āύāĻ• āĻ…āĻĢ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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