Dictionary entry details
• KNOCK OFF (verb)
Meaning:
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
do in; knock off; liquidate; neutralise; neutralize; waste
Context examples:
The mafia liquidated the informer / the double agent was neutralized
Hypernyms (to "knock off" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to knock off the prisoners
Meaning:
Cut the price of
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
knock off; shave
Hypernyms (to "knock off" is one way to...):
bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down (cut down on; make a reduction in)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "knock off"):
mark down (reduce the price of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Take by theft
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
cop; glom; snitch; thieve; knock off; hook
Context example:
Someone snitched my wallet!
Hypernyms (to "knock off" is one way to...):
steal (take without the owner's consent)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Write quickly
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
dash off; fling off; toss off; scratch off; knock off
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "knock off" is one way to...):
compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)
Domain category:
authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he knock off his major works over a short period of time?
Meaning:
Stop pursuing or acting
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
knock off; drop
Context examples:
drop a lawsuit / knock it off!
Hypernyms (to "knock off" is one way to...):
cease; discontinue; give up; lay off; quit; stop (put an end to a state or an activity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "knock off"):
nolle pros (drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
