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knock off
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Knock \Knock\, n.
1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
[1913 Webster]
2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. " A knock at
the door." --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]
A loud cry or some great knock. --Holland.
[1913 Webster]
Knock off, See knock off in the vocabulary.
[PJC]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
knock off \knock off\, n. a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
knock off \knock off\, v. i. & t.
1. to quit (working).
[PJC]
2. to accomplish; -- frequently used when the task is
accomplished rapidly.
[PJC]
3. to kill; to defeat (opponents). [Colloq.]
[PJC]
4. to discount, to deduct (a sum from a price).
[PJC]
5. to rob.
Syn: knock over.
[PJC]
6. to make a knockoff of; to copy or imitate, usually without
permission or admission of copying. --[MW10]
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