English Dictionary

knock off

verb

(intransitive, slang) To halt one's work or other activity. / (transitive, slang) To kill. / (sports, by extension) To defeat. / (transitive) To remove, as a discount or estimate.

He decided to knock off work early and go to the beach.

意味（1）

(intransitive, slang) To halt one's work or other activity.

I think I'll knock off for the evening and go to bed.

意味（2）

(transitive, slang) To kill.

意味（3）

(sports, by extension) To defeat.

The Hammers knocked off Arsenal on the strength of a 78th-minute tally from Jarrod Bowen.

意味（4）

(transitive) To remove, as a discount or estimate.

They agreed to knock off 20% of the price.

意味（5）

(transitive, slang) To rob.

They decided to knock off a liquor store downtown.

意味（6）

(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.

意味（7）

(transitive) To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter.

意味（8）

(transitive, slang) To have sex with.

I took her down to Basin Street and to a movie, then took her to my room and knocked her off.

意味（9）

(transitive, informal) To accomplish hastily.

I knocked off a couple of quick sketches before the design meeting.

意味（10）

To remove by hitting (something, someone)

He was knocked off his bike.