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knock something off 1. to subtract a certain amount from the price of an item. The manager knocked two bucks off because the dress had a button missing. If you knock off five dollars, I'd consider buying it. 2. to produce something quickly and easily. He can usually knock off a short story in just a few days. See also: knock knock off (something) to stop work for a time. When do you knock off for the day? We knocked off work at six o'clock. See also: knock How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If you want to preach, come and take a pick now, and preach when they're resting,' and he did and worked well too, and afterwards when we had to knock off, he preached, and Trent took the chair and made 'em all listen. Jackson promised to knock Ah Moy's block off if he did not feed the puppy well, while Sigurd Halvorsen, in the forecastle, did his best to knock off Henrik Gjertsen's block when the latter was guilty of kicking Scraps out of his way. But many a night I did not knock off work until midnight. |
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