knock off
[verb]
Synonyms:
- stop work, clock off, clock out, finish
- steal, nick (slang, chiefly Brit.), pinch, rob, thieve

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knock off phrasal verb informal (see also knock)

1. STOP WORKknock off (something) to stop working and go somewhere else:
There was no one in the office because they’d all knocked off for lunch.
Do you want to knock off early today?
We usually knock off work at about twelve on Saturday.

2. REDUCE A PRICE knock something ↔ off to reduce the price of something by a particular amount:
I’ll knock off £10.
knock something off something
Travel agents are knocking £50, and sometimes £100, off the price of holidays.

3. REDUCE AMOUNT knock something ↔ off to reduce a total by a particular amount
knock something off something
Moving house will knock an hour off Ray’s journey to work.

4. PRODUCE knock something ↔ off to produce something quickly and easily:
Roland makes a lot of money knocking off copies of famous paintings.

5. MURDER knock somebody ↔ off to murder someone

6. STEAL knock something ↔ off British English to steal something

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knock off
knock (something) off
1.
to subtract a certain amount from the price of an item.
The manager knocked two bucks off because the dress had a button missing.

If you knock off five dollars, I'd consider buying it.

2.
to produce something quickly and easily.
He can usually knock off a short story in just a few days.

knock off (something)
to stop work for a time.
When do you knock off for the day?

We knocked off work at six o'clock.

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knock off something
knock off (something)
to stop work for a time.
When do you knock off for the day?

We knocked off work at six o'clock.

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knock something off
knock (something) off
1.
to subtract a certain amount from the price of an item.
The manager knocked two bucks off because the dress had a button missing.

If you knock off five dollars, I'd consider buying it.

2.
to produce something quickly and easily.
He can usually knock off a short story in just a few days.

knock off (something)
to stop work for a time.
When do you knock off for the day?

We knocked off work at six o'clock.

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knock off
1. • knock (someone) off
murder someone
The owner of the shop was knocked off in the robbery last week.

2. • knock (something) off
finish/do something (often in haste or carelessly)
The small furniture company is able to knock off many tables very fast.

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knock something off
• knock (something) off
finish/do something (often in haste or carelessly)
The small furniture company is able to knock off many tables very fast.

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knock off
v. phr., slang
1. To burglarize someone.
They knocked off the Manning residence.
2. To murder someone.
The gangsters knocked off Herman.

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knock someone off
• knock (someone) off
murder someone
The owner of the shop was knocked off in the robbery last week.

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