TO KNOCK OFF

Definition: TO KNOCK OFF

TO KNOCK OFF

1. (a) To force off by a blow or by beating. (b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. (c) To leave off (work, etc.). [Colloq.] -- To knock out , to force out by a blow or by blows; as, to knock out the brains.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Modern Usage: TO KNOCK OFF

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I was good enough to knock off the Queen's five lovers, wasn't I? (The Private Life of Henry VIII; writing credit: Lajos Bir�; Arthur Wimperis)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: TO KNOCK OFF

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A large Don Carlos reaching to knock off the crown of a frightened King of Spain. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Modern Translation: TO KNOCK OFF

Language		Translations for "TO KNOCK OFF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		szünetelteti a munkát, lever (down, strike down, strike off, subdue, to beat down, to drive in a pile, to overwhelm, to pull down, to put down, to repress, to rout, to unman), leszokik vmiről (to fall out of a habit, to get out of the habit of doing sg, to get out of the way of doing sg), lefricskáz (flick, to fillip off), leüt (knock down, knock off, strike down, strike off, to fell, to knock down, to spike, to top off), gyorsan elvégez (to toss off), gyorsan elkészít, gyorsan elintéz (toss off), gyorsan befejez, ellop (mooch, pilfer, prig, purloin, scrounge, snoop, to collar, to filch, to glom, to nab, to nick, to purloin, to rob, to sneak, to snoop, to spirit away, to spirit off, to swipe), befejezi a munkát, abbahagyja a munkát (down tools, to lay off, to quit work, to snatch one's time). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		叩き落とす (to knock down). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たたきおとす (to knock down). (various references)

Pig Latin		otay ockknay offay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TO KNOCK OFF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-f-f-k-k-n-o-o-o-t"
	-2 letters: knockoff.
	-3 letters: cookoff.
	-5 letters: conto, knock.
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