1
as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
knock it off!
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2
as in to abandon
to stop doing (something) permanently
decided it was time to knock off telling fantastic fibs about her family background
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3
as in to subtract
to take away (an amount or number) from a total
a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax
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4
as in to rob
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
Bonnie and Clyde coped with the Great Depression by knocking off banks
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5
as in to murder
to put to death deliberately
various assassins have tried to knock off the dictator over the years
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Recent Examples of knock off
Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Mike Costa’s group defeated Duxbury, 62-47, on Tuesday to clinch a share before knocking off Scituate 63-33 on Friday night to win the crown outright.
—Matt Feld, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
Charlie Fink, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Ramping up manufacturing capacity will help bring more supply to the market and end the ability of other companies to compound knockoffs.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
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Verb
There are plans to knock off a spouse so two lovers can run off with the money together.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Mike Costa’s group defeated Duxbury, 62-47, on Tuesday to clinch a share before knocking off Scituate 63-33 on Friday night to win the crown outright.
—Matt Feld, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
There were smart glasses everywhere that were knockoffs of Meta’s Ray-Bans, with the primary innovation being the integration of ChatGPT instead of Meta’s Llama models.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Ramping up manufacturing capacity will help bring more supply to the market and end the ability of other companies to compound knockoffs.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knock off
Verb
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That hasn't stopped the Trump administration from making some bold claims.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2025
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The deputy had stopped Huttle, 42, of Hobart for driving 70 mph in a 55 mph zone.—
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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The suspension of programs supporting the promotion of democracy in authoritarian countries, a bipartisan U.S. foreign policy for decades, has left experts wondering if the Trump administration has abandoned that goal.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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High in the thin Alaskan air, where abundant oxygen had long abandoned such firmaments for lower altitude, five women knelt circled against the piercing cold.—
Cassidy Randall,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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During the processing, the AI combined something that shouldn’t have been combined, or added or subtracted something that shouldn’t have been included.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Average empty seats on each flight route was calculated by subtracting the difference in average seats per flight and average passengers per flight, the firm said.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2025
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Last year, some 1-year-old dogs were robbed of their first race to show off their hard work during training season, Freking said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2025
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Gonzalez and Renay Moreno, who prosecutors allege was an accomplice, then robbed seven patrons inside the game room, according to the district attorney’s office.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Feb. 2025
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However, Sam is murdered by Carl Brunner (Goldwyn), leaving him to returns as a ghost, who is unable to communicate with Molly.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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That’s because despite Casey Anthony being found not guilty in 2011 of allegedly murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, conventional wisdom holds that she almost certainly was involved in Caylee’s disappearance and death.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
4 Mar. 2025
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Makers of copycat weight-loss drugs and digital health companies that sell them are bracing for upheaval now that the Food and Drug Administration has declared Novo Nordisk's blockbusters Ozempic and Wegovy are no longer in shortage.—
Maya Goldman,
Axios,
24 Feb. 2025
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In 2022, over 109,000 people in the U.S. died of drug overdoses, roughly 76,000 of which were caused by synthetic opioids such as fentanyl or its copycats.—
Gabrielle M. Etzel,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
6 Feb. 2025
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The turmoil that enveloped the federal workforce over the last few days is unlikely to cease anytime soon as the U.S. government’s human resources agency considers how to fulfill Elon Musk ’s demands.—
Chris Megerian,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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The news many in the film sector feared over the weekend is coming to pass as Technicolor has made the majority of its UK workforce redundant and the majority of its activities have ceased.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
24 Feb. 2025
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As the countdown moves closer to the end of Windows 10 support this October, here are some compelling reasons to quit Windows and give Linux a try.—
Jason Evangelho,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Joe Biden’s third-highest-ranking DOJ official, Matthew Colangelo, quit the DOJ in November 2022 to join Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg three days after Trump announced his 2024 run.—
Carl Burdette,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Knock off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knock%20off. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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