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English verb: knock off | |||
| 1. | knock off (contact) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | ||
| Samples | The mafia liquidated the informer. The double agent was neutralized. | ||
| Examples | They want to knock off the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | do in, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize, waste | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
| 2. | knock off (possession) cut the price of | ||
| Synonyms | shave | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mark down | ||
| 3. | knock off (possession) take by theft | ||
| Samples | Someone snitched my wallet!. | ||
| Synonyms | cop, glom, hook, snitch, thieve | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | steal | ||
| 4. | knock off (creation) write quickly | ||
| Samples | She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper. He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess. | ||
| Examples | Did he knock off his major works over a short period of time? | ||
| Synonyms | dash off, fling off, scratch off, toss off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compose, indite, pen, write | ||
| Domain category | authorship, composition, penning, writing | ||
| 5. | knock off (change) stop pursuing or acting | ||
| Samples | Drop a lawsuit. Knock it off!. | ||
| Synonyms | drop | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | nol.pros., nolle pros, nolle prosequi | ||
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