1
as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
knock it off!
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2
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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3
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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5
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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Recent Examples of knockoff
Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
This also comes after Novo Nordisk ended its collaboration with Hims & Hers, citing concerns about the company's sales and promotion of cheaper knockoffs of its weight loss drug Wegovy.
—Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 9 July 2025
Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 1 July 2025
He was first elected to the New York Assembly in 2020, knocking off a longtime Democratic incumbent for a Queens district covering Astoria and surrounding neighborhoods.
—Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 25 June 2025
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The latest wrinkle in this developing conflict is the allegation by Lululemon that Costco is poaching off its reputation and intellectual property with a knockoff line sold under its Kirkland private label.
—Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
This also comes after Novo Nordisk ended its collaboration with Hims & Hers, citing concerns about the company's sales and promotion of cheaper knockoffs of its weight loss drug Wegovy.
—Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 9 July 2025
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Lululemon is taking Costco to task for allegedly knocking off its pants, hoodies and jackets and selling the dupes at a fraction of the price.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 1 July 2025
He was first elected to the New York Assembly in 2020, knocking off a longtime Democratic incumbent for a Queens district covering Astoria and surrounding neighborhoods.
—Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knockoff
Verb
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Shortly after Braun’s executive order, the Indiana Department of Health told local health departments to stop accepting requests to change genders on birth certificates.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
24 July 2025
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Organizations need to stop managing change and start creating it.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Elliott likewise pressed Hyundai to abandon its own restructuring effort and increase its dividend, again using financial discipline as a wedge to improve governance and transparency.—
Marc Cooper,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Minority languages were banned in schools, tribal leaders were silenced, and communities were pressured to abandon their heritage and conform to a rigid Persian identity.—
Jila Andalib,
Hartford Courant,
28 July 2025
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As a result, those foreign shipments added 5.2 percentage points to growth after subtracting a whopping 4.7 points in the January-March period.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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Their absence could subtract from longer-term growth, according to the Congressional Budget Office.—
Claudia Sahm,
Mercury News,
29 July 2025
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Access to justice too (something often underrated), where you can’t be killed or robbed with impunity, and where you won’t be arbitrarily deprived of your liberty or your freedom of speech by a despotic government.—
Simon Boas
July 23,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.—
Bluesky Social,
Bluesky Social,
23 July 2025
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Sade Robinson was reported missing before she was found murdered.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
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At the second meeting, which occurred after Kaye and DeLuca were murdered, officers promised to increase patrolling in Encino-area neighborhoods. July 10, 4:10pm: A neighbor of Kaye and DeLuca called 911 after seeing someone climb the fence to gain access to the couple's property.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
26 July 2025
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Richard Reid will be locked in a Colorado supermax prison for the rest of his life, with not a single copycat to his name.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
10 July 2025
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According to the complaint, Eric Vander Ley exploited lapses in business registrations with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to set up the copycat companies.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
9 July 2025
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Which is yet another reason for politicians to cease trying to corrupt the brilliance of freely arrived at price signals.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Historic vote guts public media nationally On May 1, Trump issued an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the private nonprofit that manages the federal money for public media, to cease funding of NPR and PBS.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
30 July 2025
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Money has also been spent on nongovernmental organization programs that hand out clean needles and crack pipes as part of progressive harm reduction policies instead of encouraging homeless drug users to quit.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
14 July 2025
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Although the overall unemployment rate is just 4.1%, few people are quitting jobs today, and employers are skittish about hiring.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
13 July 2025
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“Knockoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knockoff. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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