"knock it off" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-knock it off.ogg
Head templates: {{en-interj}} knock it off
  1. Cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; desist. Synonyms: cut it out, give it a break Related terms: knock off Translations (cease doing something): lägg av (Swedish)
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Verb

Audio: En-au-knock it off.ogg Forms: knocks it off [present, singular, third-person], knocking it off [participle, present], knocked it off [participle, past], knocked it off [past]
Head templates: {{en-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, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic, imperative Translations (to stop doing something): arrêter (French), kātirawhe (Maori), parar (english: com) (Portuguese), завязывать (zavjazyvatʹ) (Russian), кончать (končatʹ) (Russian), basta ya (Spanish), lägga av (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-knock_it_off-en-verb-5yO1K5Wu

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to stop doing something",
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