knock off

knock off
phrasal verb
Word forms "knock off":
present tense I/you/we/they knock off he/she/it knocks off present participle knocking off past tense knocked off past participle knocked off informal
1) knock something off something
[transitive] to reduce a price or an amount

Kelly knocked two seconds off her previous time.

They'll knock something off the price if you collect it yourself.

2) knock off something
[intransitive/transitive] to stop working

Do you want to knock off early tonight?

3) [transitive] to produce something quickly and carelessly, often a copy of something else

Forgers can knock off a fake passport in no time.

4)
a) [transitive] British to steal something

They knocked some TVs off from an electrical store.

b) British to steal money or property from a place

They'd knocked off two banks the previous week.

5) [transitive] to murder someone
6) [transitive] British offensive to have sex with someone
7) knock it off used for telling someone to stop doing something
8) knock someone's head/block off used for threatening to hit someone and hurt them very badly
9) knock spots off
British to be much better than someone or something

English dictionary. 2014.

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