KNOCK OFF Synonyms: 265 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of knock off

as in to stop

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end knock it off!

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as in to abandon

to stop doing (something) permanently decided it was time to knock off telling fantastic fibs about her family background

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as in to subtract

to take away (an amount or number) from a total a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax

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as in to rob

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully Bonnie and Clyde coped with the Great Depression by knocking off banks

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as in to murder

to put to death deliberately various assassins have tried to knock off the dictator over the years

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knockoff

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noun

as in copycat

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Recent Examples of knock off

Verb

Porro broke free for the second goal and received a pass back from Olmo, who got the touch just before getting knocked off his feet by defender Dayot Upamecano. — ABC News, 14 July 2026 For the second goal, Porro broke free and received a pass back from Olmo, who got the touch just before getting knocked off his feet by defender Dayot Upamecano. — Stephen Hawkins, AJC.com, 14 July 2026

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And that is what feeds the Chatterley-knockoff machine. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 There will also be episodes devoted to the infamous match between Necro Butcher and Samoa Joe, one-legged wrestler Zach Gowen, and Rick Wilson, an exotic dancer who had a brief run as Ultimate Warrior knockoff The Renegade. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for knock off

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knock off

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The project has drawn fierce local opposition in the mostly agricultural communities south of San Jose where it will be built, and the agency has temporarily stopped construction on it in advance of a court hearing in September.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
Three minutes later, Son put away a volley after Carles Gil stopped a ball at the end line and whipped a cross into the center of the box.

— Kamran Nia July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026

Definition of stop

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Burke’s phone was the last device connected to the Tesla before it was abandoned, the detective said, and surveillance footage showed him near the vehicle.

— Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 22 July 2026
But the threat alone has persuaded some ships to abandon their plans to exit the Red Sea heading south.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of abandon

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But New Delhi-Beijing tensions have subtracted rather than multiplied the economic gains.

— Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Days later, the contract was amended with one change, subtracting a single dollar, dropping it to $249,999 — one dollar below the threshold requiring City Council approval.

— Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of subtract

Verb

The former husband of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three young children, took the stand Monday as the prosecution’s first witness in her triple-murder trial.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Bryan Kohberger declared his intention to withdraw his guilty plea on Monday, one year after he was convicted and sentenced for murdering four Idaho college students.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026

Definition of murder

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Many are blatant copycats of existing titles, seemingly intended to trick readers into buying them.

— Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 July 2026
Germany’s leaders vow to bolster security at major events amid fears of copycat attacks, even as Amsterdam’s World Pride presses ahead, celebrating freedom and love under tighter watch.

— Geir Moulson, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of copycat

Verb

The company originally decided to continue farming hundreds of acres in the county at the start of the season but made the shift to cease farming on those acres mid-season this year, Axell said.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
Her room was undecorated and gray, crowded with machines whose chorus of irritating beeping never ceased.

— Anna Tsioulias, STAT, 29 July 2026

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