KNOCKS OFF Synonyms: 239 Similar and Opposite Words

knocks off

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present tense third-person singular of knock off

as in stops

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end knock it off!

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as in abandons

to stop doing (something) permanently decided it was time to knock off telling fantastic fibs about her family background

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as in subtracts

to take away (an amount or number) from a total a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax

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as in robs

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully Bonnie and Clyde coped with the Great Depression by knocking off banks

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as in murders

to put to death deliberately various assassins have tried to knock off the dictator over the years

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Consequently, this year may well prove to be the tipping point at which Iran abandons its coyness about pursuing nuclear weapons.

Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
Harris starts a couple of sentences, abandons them, and starts again.

Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024

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