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2021-10-29 10:10
Knock someone off phrase
To make something lose its balance and fall by hitting or colliding with it.
The cat knocked the vase off and ran away.
Because he knocked off my book first, I did the same thing to him.
To finish or stop doing something; to have a short rest period in one's work.
OK, everyone, let's knock off for lunch.
It's five o'clock— time to knock off work.
To create a cheap copy of someone else's invention or product in an illegal way.
He knocked off my answer and told the teacher it was his.
How did our rival knock off our new product, which we are about to launch to the market?
To finish doing something quickly and without making much effort.
I knocked off the assignments by finding the answer for them online and wrote down.
John knocked off the test in 5 minutes and left the exam room.
To take money or property illegally from a place.
The robber knocking off several stores on this street has just been caught.
The terrorists financed themselves by knocking off banks.
To kill someone intentionally and illegally.
I can't believe he knocked off his friend just because of a hundred dollars!
After knocking off John, Mary found ways to hide his body.
To reduce the price or value of something by a certain amount.
I hope you can knock off five dollars for me because I only brought ninety-five dollars here.
After knocking off 10 dollars thanks to the discount, I only had to pay 90 dollars.
To win against someone.
John boasted that she would knock me off in the next match.
I just need one minute to knock off the champion!
1. If you take a vehicle for a ride, you go on a short, leisurely trip in that vehicle.
2. If you take someone for a ride, you try to cheat them in order get money from them.
3. If you take someone for a ride, you bring them to a place and kill them.
1. To violently steal something from a place or a person, or take something as spoils, especially in wartime
2. The act of stealing something from a place or a person in a violent way, or taking something as spoils, especially in wartime
1. To take a lot of money from someone by deception or extortion
2. To charge someone too much money for something
To murder someone without hesitation, pity, or discernment.
To kill or try to kill someone with a gun
The verb "knock" must be conjugated according to its tense.
Meaning 2 dates from 1640s.
Meaning 3 dates from 1966
Meaning 4 dates from 1817
Meaning 6 dates from 1919.
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