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KNOCK OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stop pursuing or acting
Example:
knock it off!
Synonyms:
drop; knock off
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "knock off" is one way to...):
cease; discontinue; give up; lay off; quit; stop (put an end to a state or an activity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "knock off"):
nol.pros.; nolle pros; nolle prosequi (drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
Example:
the double agent was neutralized
Synonyms:
do in; knock off; liquidate; neutralise; neutralize; waste
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "knock off" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to knock off the prisoners
Sense 3
Meaning:
Write quickly
Example:
He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess
Synonyms:
dash off; fling off; knock off; scratch off; toss off
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "knock off" is one way to...):
compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)
Domain category:
authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he knock off his major works over a short period of time?
Sense 4
Meaning:
Take by theft
Example:
Someone snitched my wallet!
Synonyms:
cop; glom; hook; knock off; snitch; thieve
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "knock off" is one way to...):
rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Cut the price of
Synonyms:
knock off; shave
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "knock off" is one way to...):
bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down (cut down on; make a reduction in)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "knock off"):
mark down (reduce the price of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
