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Definition of knock off phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

knock off

phrasal verb
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knock off | knock off something
  1. (informal) to stop doing something, especially work
    • Do you want to knock off early today?
    • What time do you knock off work?
    • Let's knock off for lunch.
knock somebody off
  1. (slang) to murder somebody
knock something off
  1. (informal) to complete something quickly and without much effort
    • He knocks off three novels a year.
  2. (British English, slang) to steal something; to steal from a place
    • to knock off a load of recording equipment
    • to knock off a bank
knock something off | knock something off something
  1. (informal) to reduce the price or value of something
    • They knocked off $60 because of a scratch.
    • The news knocked 13% off the company's shares.
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