knock it off

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

knock it off (third-person singular simple present knocks it off, present participle knocking it off, simple past and past participle knocked it off)

1. (colloquial, chiefly imperative, idiomatic) To cease doing something, particulary annoying or unpleasant; to desist.

   Would you two please knock it off with the shouting? I'm trying to sleep.

Translations

to stop doing something

• French: arrêter (fr)
• Maori: kātirawhe
• Russian: завязывать (ru) (zavjazyvatʹ), кончать (ru) (končatʹ)
• Spanish: basta ya

Interjection

knock it off

1. Cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; desist.

   Synonyms: cut it out, give it a break

   Knock it off! This is the last time I'm telling you!

Related terms

• knock off