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knock off in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. take by theft
    "Someone snitched my wallet!"
    hook  snitch  thieve  cop  knock off  glom 
  2. write quickly
    "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess"
    dash off  scratch off  knock off  toss off  fling off 
  3. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
    "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
    neutralize  neutralise  liquidate  waste  knock off  do in 
  4. stop pursuing or acting
    "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"
    drop  knock off 
  5. cut the price of
    shave  knock off 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


knock off in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) (idiom) An imitation, especially one of poorer quality.
  2. (verb) (transitive) To bump or hit so that something falls off
  3. (verb) (idiom/intransitive) To quit; stop doing work or other activity. The term originated from the practice aboard slave galleys to have a man beat time for the rowers by knocking on a block or drum; when he stopped, the rowers could rest.
  4. (verb) (idiom) To kill someone
  5. (verb) (idiom) To reduce or remove
  6. (verb) (idiom) To steal.
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