knock off
To remove by applying a strong forceTo remove (something or someone) by applying a strong force.
» I was knocked off my feet.
Меня сбили с ног.
Я был сбит с ног.
Мене збили з ніг.
Meaning
10 senses(ditransitive)To remove (something or someone) by applying a strong force.
He was knocked off his bike.
The wave knocked me off my feet.
(transitive)To remove, as a discount or estimate.
They agreed to knock off 20% of the price.
(transitive)To make a copy of, as of a design.
They send people to the shows in Milan for "ideas", which means knocking off the designs they guess would sell.
(transitive)To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter.
(informal, transitive)To accomplish hastily.
I knocked off a couple of quick sketches before the design meeting.
(ambitransitive, slang)To halt one's work or other activity.
I think I'll knock off for the evening and go to bed.
(slang, transitive)To kill.
The mobsters hired the guy to knock off their enemies.
To kill.
(broadly, slang, transitive)To defeat.
The Hammers knocked off Arsenal on the strength of a 78th-minute tally from Jarrod Bowen.
(slang, transitive)To rob.
They decided to knock off a liquor store downtown.
(UK, slang, transitive, vulgar)To have sex with (a woman).
- stop pursuing or acting
- cut the price of
- write quickly
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
Examples
63 sentencesI was knocked off my feet.
Мене збили з ніг.
ruМеня сбили с ног.
Could you knock a little off the price?
Ви можете трохи скинути ціну?
ruНе могли бы вы немного скинуть цену?
deKönntest du den Preis ein wenig senken?
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
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Origin
In the verb sense of stopping work, said to be from the practice aboard slave galleys to hIn 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.
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Forms
knocks off, knocking off, knocked off, knocked off| Base form | knock off · to knock off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | knocks off |
| Present participle | knocking off |
| Past simple | knocked off |
| Past participle | knocked off |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
13 phrasal verbs- knock upнабридати, втомлюватисяTo put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily.
- knock offзбити, збиватиTo remove (something or someone) by applying a strong force.
- knock outнокаутуватиTo strike or bump (someone or something) out.
- knock downпродати, продаватиTo hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.
- knock overзасмучувати, засмутитиTo bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it.
- knock aboutповісити, вішатиTo hit (someone or something) all over repeatedly; hence, to behave violently towards or mistreat (someone or something).
- knock onTo commit a foul by knocking the ball forward.
- knock inTo enter college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors have been locked.
Synonyms
271 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons 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