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View synonyms for knock off

knock off

verb

  1. informal.
    intr, also preposition to finish work

    we knocked off an hour early

  2. informal.
    tr to make or do hastily or easily

    to knock off a novel in a week

  3. informal.
    tr; also preposition to reduce the price of (an article) by (a stated amount)
  4. slang.
    tr to kill
  5. slang.
    tr to rob or steal

    to knock off a watch

    to knock off a bank

  6. slang.
    tr to stop doing something, used as a command

    knock it off!

  7. slang.
    tr to have sexual intercourse with; to seduce
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. informal.
    1. an illegal imitation of a well-known product
    2. ( as modifier )

      knockoff watches

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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