knock off
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
- (idiomatic) An imitation, especially one of poorer quality.
- This spreadsheet program is a knock off of VisiCalc.
[edit] Alternative spellings
- knockoff
- knock off
[edit] Verb
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to knock off (third-person singular simple present knocks off, present participle knocking off, simple past and past participle knocked off)
- (transitive) To bump or hit so that something falls off
- Don't knock off the ornament with your clumsy arms.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To quit; stop doing work or other activity. The term originated from the practice aboard slave galleys to have a man beat time for the rowers by knocking on a block or drum; when he stopped, the rowers could rest.
- I think I'll knock off for the evening and go to bed.
- (idiomatic) To kill someone
- The mobsters hired the guy to knock off their enemies.
- (idiomatic) To reduce or remove
- They agreed to knock off 20% of the price.
- (idiomatic) To steal.
- They decided to knock off a TV set from the community centre.
