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Definition knock off in American English

knock off phrasal verb

phrasal verb
1

to stop working

Example

Do you want to knock off early tonight?

Example

He knocks off work at 6.

Synonyms and related words
wind down knock off clock off
2

to murder someone

Synonyms and related words
kill murder strangle
3

to reduce a price or an amount

Example

They'll knock some off the price if you pick it up it yourself.

Example

Kelly knocked two seconds off her previous time.

Synonyms and related words
cut back reduce shrivel appraise bargain beat down
4

to produce something quickly and carelessly, often a copy of something else

Example

Forgers can knock off a fake passport in no time.

Synonyms and related words
copy reproduce duplicate productise productize produce
5

to have sex with someone

Synonyms and related words
sleep with consummate copulate
6

to steal something

Synonyms and related words
steal walk off with rob
6.1

to steal money or property from a place

Synonyms and related words
steal walk off with rob
7

used for telling someone to stop doing something

Synonyms and related words
stop it/that pack it in hands off
8

used for threatening to hit someone and hurt them very badly

Synonyms and related words
watch it or else if someone isn’t careful
9

to be much better than someone or something

Synonyms and related words
rise above overtake rival
Definition knock off in American English