knock it off
To cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasantTo cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist.
» I was knocked off my feet.
Меня сбили с ног.
Я был сбит с ног.
Мене збили з ніг.
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial, idiomatic, imperative)To cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist.
Would you two please knock it off with the shouting? I'm trying to sleep.
завязыватьzavjazyvatʹ, кончатьkončatʹ
Examples
64 sentencesI was knocked off my feet.
Мене збили з ніг. — deniko
ruМеня сбили с ног. — marafon
Could you knock a little off the price?
Ви можете трохи скинути ціну? — deniko
ruНе могли бы вы немного скинуть цену? — Hellerick
deKönntest du den Preis ein wenig senken? — Yorwba
The wave knocked me off my feet.
They knocked thirty dollars off the price.
I'll knock three dollars off the price per unit.
Translations
4 languagesForms
knocks it off, knocking it off, knocked it off, knocked it off| Base form | knock it off · to knock it off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | knocks it off |
| Present participle | knocking it off |
| Past simple | knocked it off |
| Past participle | knocked it off |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb