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knock off
verb
- informal.intr, also preposition to finish work
we knocked off an hour early
- informal.tr to make or do hastily or easily
to knock off a novel in a week
- informal.tr; also preposition to reduce the price of (an article) by (a stated amount)
- slang.tr to kill
- slang.tr to rob or steal
to knock off a watch
to knock off a bank
- slang.tr to stop doing something, used as a command
knock it off!
- slang.tr to have sexual intercourse with; to seduce
noun
- informal.
- an illegal imitation of a well-known product
- ( as modifier )
knockoff watches
Example Sentences
I was writing Lorrie Moore knock-off short stories before I switched to nonfiction.
It was a “knock-off of the knock-off,” Ford said, turning a sixty dollar t-shirt into a six-thousand-dollar sequined number.
The ends of this lever are attached by means of reach-rods to the knock-off cams, this being shown more clearly in Fig. 22.
Then Sam sternly ordered him to “knock-off” and make ready for the journey.
He knew something of this cartoon, mostly because of all the knock-off merch for sale in the market stalls in front of the ride.
I was pleased to climb aboard the Bonadventure with both, after passing through the knock-off rush from the docks.
He was on wages and had no right to knock-off for social receptions unless his commander gave him permission.
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