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knock off


verb
1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing (Freq. 3)
- The mafia liquidated the informer
- the double agent was neutralized
Syn:
neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, do in
Derivationally related forms:
liquidation (for: liquidate), liquidator (for: liquidate)
Hypernyms:
kill
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to knock off the prisoners
2. cut the price of (Freq. 1)
Syn:
shave
Hypernyms:
reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down,
trim back, cut, bring down
Hyponyms:
mark down
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. write quickly
- 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
Syn:
dash off, scratch off, toss off, fling off
Topics:
writing, authorship, composition, penning
Hypernyms:
write, compose, pen, indite
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Did he knock off his major works over a short period of time?
4. stop pursuing or acting
- drop a lawsuit
- knock it off!
Syn:
drop
Hypernyms:
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
Hyponyms:
nolle pros, nolle prosequi, nol.pros.
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s
5. take by theft
- Someone snitched my wallet!
Syn:
hook, snitch, thieve, cop, glom
Derivationally related forms:
thieving (for: thieve), thievery (for: thieve), snitcher (for: snitch)
Hypernyms:
steal
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something


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