knock off
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To remove (something or someone) by applying a strong force.
Example Sentences
- "He was knocked off his bike."
- "The wave knocked me off my feet."
- "It now appears that the locomotive did not blow up, as was commonly stated at the time, but that the aeroplane flew so low as to come into contact with the dome of the engine, knocking it off. It was the combination of the impact and the uprush of steam that so disturbed the equilibrium of the raider as to cause it to crash."
- "The incident happened about 8 a.m. when the woman and two family members tried to ride across the bridge that was covered by fast-flowing water following a night of rain across the Tucson metro area. The Pima County Sheriff's Department said the woman was trapped underwater after being knocked off her bike."
- "They agreed to knock off 20% of the price."
- "They send people to the shows in Milan for "ideas", which means knocking off the designs they guess would sell."
Etymology
Usage
- Transitive verb
- Informal
- Slang
- British usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
knock off someone's socks
knock someone off his perch
knock someone's block off
bump off
knock down
knock it off
knock one's socks off
knock over