"knock off" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-knock off.ogg [Australia] Forms: knock offs [plural]
Etymology: In the verb sense of stopping work, said to be 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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} knock off (plural knock offs)
  1. Alternative form of knockoff Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: knockoff
    Sense id: en-knock_off-en-noun-bszkyf5D

Verb

Audio: En-au-knock off.ogg [Australia] Forms: knocks off [present, singular, third-person], knocking off [participle, present], knocked off [participle, past], knocked off [past]
Etymology: In the verb sense of stopping work, said to be 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. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} knock off (third-person singular simple present knocks off, present participle knocking off, simple past and past participle knocked off)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To halt one's work or other activity. Tags: intransitive, slang, transitive Synonyms: call it a day, call it a night, down tools Translations (to halt one's work or other activity): plegar (Catalan), dételer (French), abbahagy (Hungarian), kinyír (Hungarian), sguir de (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-knock_off-en-verb-~Ym5mzXy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 7 16 19 4 10 12 12 2 4 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 3 11 6 17 15 4 10 14 12 3 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 11 6 18 16 7 9 13 12 3 3 Disambiguation of "to halt one's work or other activity": 90 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1
  2. (transitive, slang) To kill. Tags: slang, transitive Synonyms: bump off, do away with, whack, kill
    Sense id: en-knock_off-en-verb-HgcD5W8d
  3. (transitive, slang) To kill.
    (sports, by extension) To defeat.
    Tags: broadly, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Sports, Death Synonyms: bump off, do away with, whack, kill Related terms (To kill.; To defeat.): bump off
    Sense id: en-knock_off-en-verb-2LMTlbOU Disambiguation of Death: 1 7 21 27 8 0 5 8 16 7 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (off), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 7 16 19 4 10 12 12 2 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 9 5 16 14 4 14 16 16 3 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 3 11 6 17 15 4 10 14 12 3 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 11 6 18 16 7 9 13 12 3 3 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'To kill.; To defeat.': 0 33 61 1 1 0 1 2 0 1
  4. (transitive) To remove, as a discount or estimate. Tags: transitive Synonyms: deduct, take off, remove Translations (to remove, as a discount or estimate): enged (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-knock_off-en-verb-w0ab3zQf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (off), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 7 16 19 4 10 12 12 2 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 9 5 16 14 4 14 16 16 3 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 3 11 6 17 15 4 10 14 12 3 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 11 6 18 16 7 9 13 12 3 3 Disambiguation of 'to remove, as a discount or estimate': 1 2 3 71 2 1 1 2 1 16
  5. (transitive, slang) To rob. Tags: slang, transitive Categories (topical): Crime Synonyms: mill, burgle, steal Translations ((slang) to rob): kirabol (Hungarian), megfúj (Hungarian), lekoppint (Hungarian), lemásol (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-knock_off-en-verb-CpFLPXhy Disambiguation of Crime: 4 3 9 10 4 53 5 6 1 2 3 Disambiguation of '(slang) to rob': 3 7 9 4 63 2 4 4 1 3
  6. (transitive) To make a copy of, as of a design. Tags: transitive Synonyms: plagiarize, rip off
    Sense id: en-knock_off-en-verb-Tvff1wtX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 7 16 19 4 10 12 12 2 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 9 5 16 14 4 14 16 16 3 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 3 11 6 17 15 4 10 14 12 3 4
  7. (transitive) To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter. Tags: transitive Translations (to assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter): összecsap (Hungarian), összedob (Hungarian), lezavar (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-knock_off-en-verb-m2vR87VH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (off), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 7 16 19 4 10 12 12 2 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 9 5 16 14 4 14 16 16 3 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 3 11 6 17 15 4 10 14 12 3 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 11 6 18 16 7 9 13 12 3 3 Disambiguation of 'to assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter': 1 2 2 2 1 1 85 3 2 1
  8. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. Tags: slang, transitive Synonyms: coitize, go to bed with, sleep with, copulate with
    Sense id: en-knock_off-en-verb-pqiUiagB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (off), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 7 16 19 4 10 12 12 2 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 9 5 16 14 4 14 16 16 3 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 3 11 6 17 15 4 10 14 12 3 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 11 6 18 16 7 9 13 12 3 3
  9. (transitive, informal) To accomplish hastily. Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: knock out
    Sense id: en-knock_off-en-verb-sn6AeLnM
  10. To remove by hitting (something, someone) Translations (to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off): faligi (Esperanto), lever (Hungarian), derrubar (Portuguese), сбива́ть (sbivátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сбить (sbitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ста́лкивать (stálkivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), столкну́ть (stolknútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), zraziť (Slovak), збива́ти (zbyváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зби́ти (zbýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), qái (ǃXóõ)
    Sense id: en-knock_off-en-verb-Vfu6Of~h Disambiguation of 'to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off': 1 5 6 34 3 1 1 4 1 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: knock off someone's socks, knock someone off his perch, knock someone's block off Related terms: knock down, knock it off, knock one's socks off, knock over

Inflected forms

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          "word": "mill"
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          "word": "burgle"
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        {
          "word": "steal"
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          "_dis1": "3 7 9 4 63 2 4 4 1 3",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "(slang) to rob",
          "word": "kirabol"
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          "sense": "(slang) to rob",
          "word": "megfúj"
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          "sense": "(slang) to rob",
          "word": "lekoppint"
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          "sense": "(slang) to rob",
          "word": "lemásol"
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        "To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter."
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          "auction"
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        "(transitive) To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter."
      ],
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          "sense": "to assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter",
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          "_dis1": "1 2 2 2 1 1 85 3 2 1",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter",
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        {
          "ref": "1965, Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To have sex with."
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          "have sex"
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        "(transitive, slang) To have sex with."
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        {
          "word": "go to bed with"
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        {
          "word": "sleep with"
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        {
          "word": "copulate with"
        }
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        "slang",
        "transitive"
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        {
          "text": "I knocked off a couple of quick sketches before the design meeting.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To accomplish hastily."
      ],
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        [
          "accomplish",
          "accomplish"
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        "(transitive, informal) To accomplish hastily."
      ],
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          "word": "knock out"
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        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "He was knocked off his bike.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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        "To remove by hitting (something, someone)"
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          "_dis1": "1 5 6 34 3 1 1 4 1 43",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
          "word": "faligi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 6 34 3 1 1 4 1 43",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
          "word": "lever"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 6 34 3 1 1 4 1 43",
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          "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
          "word": "derrubar"
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 6 34 3 1 1 4 1 43",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сбить"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 6 34 3 1 1 4 1 43",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ста́лкивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 6 34 3 1 1 4 1 43",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stolknútʹ",
          "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "столкну́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 6 34 3 1 1 4 1 43",
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
          "word": "zraziť"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 6 34 3 1 1 4 1 43",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zbyváty",
          "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "збива́ти"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 6 34 3 1 1 4 1 43",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zbýty",
          "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "зби́ти"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 6 34 3 1 1 4 1 43",
          "code": "nmn",
          "lang": "ǃXóõ",
          "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
          "word": "qái"
        }
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    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
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      "word": "knock off someone's socks"
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    {
      "word": "knock someone off his perch"
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    {
      "word": "knock someone's block off"
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        "present",
        "singular",
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      "form": "knocked off",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "sense": "To kill.; To defeat.",
      "word": "bump off"
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      "word": "knock down"
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      "word": "knock it off"
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      "word": "knock one's socks off"
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      "word": "knock over"
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I think I'll knock off for the evening and go to bed.",
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        }
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        "(transitive, intransitive, slang) To halt one's work or other activity."
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        {
          "word": "call it a day"
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          "word": "call it a night"
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        {
          "word": "down tools"
        }
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        "intransitive",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The mobsters hired the guy to knock off their enemies.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To kill."
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      "links": [
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To kill."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bump off"
        },
        {
          "word": "do away with"
        },
        {
          "word": "whack"
        },
        {
          "word": "kill"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Hammers knocked off Arsenal on the strength of a 78th-minute tally from Jarrod Bowen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To kill.",
        "To defeat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ],
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To kill.",
        "(sports, by extension) To defeat."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bump off"
        },
        {
          "word": "do away with"
        },
        {
          "word": "whack"
        },
        {
          "word": "kill"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They agreed to knock off 20% of the price.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove, as a discount or estimate."
      ],
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        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "discount",
          "discount"
        ],
        [
          "estimate",
          "estimate"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove, as a discount or estimate."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "deduct"
        },
        {
          "word": "take off"
        },
        {
          "word": "remove"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They decided to knock off a liquor store downtown.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To rob."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rob",
          "rob"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To rob."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mill"
        },
        {
          "word": "burgle"
        },
        {
          "word": "steal"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They send people to the shows in Milan for \"ideas\", which means knocking off the designs they guess would sell.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a copy of, as of a design."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To make a copy of, as of a design."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "plagiarize"
        },
        {
          "word": "rip off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bidder",
          "bidder"
        ],
        [
          "auction",
          "auction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1965, Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land",
          "text": "I took her down to Basin Street and to a movie, then took her to my room and knocked her off.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have sex with."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have sex",
          "have sex"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To have sex with."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "coitize"
        },
        {
          "word": "go to bed with"
        },
        {
          "word": "sleep with"
        },
        {
          "word": "copulate with"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I knocked off a couple of quick sketches before the design meeting.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To accomplish hastily."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accomplish",
          "accomplish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To accomplish hastily."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "knock out"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "He was knocked off his bike.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943 May and June, “Notes and News: Effective Locomotive \"Ack-Ack\" Fire”, in Railway Magazine, page 180",
          "text": "It now appears that the locomotive did not blow up, as was commonly stated at the time, but that the aeroplane flew so low as to come into contact with the dome of the engine, knocking it off. It was the combination of the impact and the uprush of steam that so disturbed the equilibrium of the raider as to cause it to crash.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove by hitting (something, someone)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to halt one's work or other activity",
      "word": "plegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to halt one's work or other activity",
      "word": "dételer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to halt one's work or other activity",
      "word": "abbahagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to halt one's work or other activity",
      "word": "sguir de"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to halt one's work or other activity",
      "word": "kinyír"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove, as a discount or estimate",
      "word": "enged"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(slang) to rob",
      "word": "kirabol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(slang) to rob",
      "word": "megfúj"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(slang) to rob",
      "word": "lekoppint"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(slang) to rob",
      "word": "lemásol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter",
      "word": "összecsap"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter",
      "word": "összedob"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter",
      "word": "lezavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
      "word": "faligi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
      "word": "lever"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
      "word": "derrubar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sbivátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сбива́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sbitʹ",
      "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сбить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stálkivatʹ",
      "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ста́лкивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stolknútʹ",
      "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "столкну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
      "word": "zraziť"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zbyváty",
      "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "збива́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zbýty",
      "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зби́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "nmn",
      "lang": "ǃXóõ",
      "sense": "to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off",
      "word": "qái"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knock off"
}
{
  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: '(slang) kill', 2: 'kill'}",
  "path": [
    "knock off",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "knock off",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'to make a copy of, as of a design', 2: 'rip off'}",
  "path": [
    "knock off",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "knock off",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'to accomplish hastily', 2: 'knock out'}",
  "path": [
    "knock off",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "knock off",
  "trace": ""
}

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