D defs.my
Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

knock off

/näk ôf/ · IPA
01 n. a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
  1. 1.
    a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
02 v. i. & t. to quit (working).
  1. 1.
    to quit (working).
  2. 2.
    to accomplish; -- frequently used when the task is accomplished rapidly.
  3. 3.
    to kill; to defeat (opponents).[Colloq.]
  4. 4.
    to discount, to deduct (a sum from a price).
  5. 5.
    to rob.
  6. 6.
    to make a knockoff of; to copy or imitate, usually without permission or admission of copying.
Syn. knock over.