Slang Dictionary
knock (sth) off definition
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to manufacture or make something, especially in haste. (See also knock sth together.) : I'll see if I can knock another one off before lunch.
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to lower the price of something; to knock off some dollars or cents from the price of something. : The store manager knocked 30 percent off the price of the coat.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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knock (sth) out definition
and knock (sth) off
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to write something quickly. : Would you please knock a speech out for the senator? , I knocked this little tune off, just for you, sweetie.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
knock out
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Also, knock out cold. Render unconscious by a blow or some other means. For example, It was just a swinging door, but it knocked her out, or Just one of those sleeping pills can knock you out cold. [Late 1500s]
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Make tired, exhaust, as in That sightseeing tour knocked me out.
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Render useless or inoperative, as in The storm knocked out the power.
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See knock off, def. 2.
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See knock oneself out.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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