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Sl. to kill someone. They tried to bump her off, but she was too clever and got away. The crooks threatened to bump off the witness to the crime.

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In fact, because he refuses to kill, subsisting on blood-bank handouts, he loses out on the basic vampire powers, which only kick in once you knock someone off, and he has to take a stupid Clerks-style McJob to make ends meet. Bring on the superbums by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk For one sequence filmed on top of the Eurostar in Mission:Impossible, star and producer Tom Cruise wanted the wind effect to be so powerful it could knock someone off the train. Your supper's burning by The Mirror (London, England) McNab revealed: "We'd sit in back rooms of restaurants or bars plotting jobs, hits, how to knock someone off. Al Pacino asked me: Can you have sex with your wife after bumping ... by Mackay, Don / The Mirror (London, England)			knock for a loop knock for six knock head against a brick wall knock into knock into a cocked hat knock into shape knock it off Knock it off! knock knees together knock off knock off feet knock off perch knock on knock on the head knock on wood knock oneself out knock out knock out of knock over knock sense into knock sideways knock socks off knock some heads together knock some sense into knock some skin knock someone off knock spots off knock the bejeebers out of knock the bottom out knock the bottom out of knock the daylights out of knock the habit knock the hell out of knock the props out from under knock the stuffing out of knock the wind out of sails knock them/'em dead knock through knock to knock together knock up knock wood knock yourself out knock-down, drag-out fight knock-down-drag-out knocked in knocked out knocked up knot knot together know			Knock Out Rat Consortium Knock Out Take Money Knock Out Vessel knock over knock over knock over knock over knock people's heads together knock people's heads together knock people's heads together knock people's heads together knock rating Knock resistance knock rummy knock sense into Knock Sensor knock sideways knock sideways knock sideways knock sideways knock socks off knock socks off knock socks off knock socks off knock some heads together knock some Sense in knock some sense into knock some skin knock someone down a peg knock someone down to size knock someone off knock something off kilter knock something out of kilter knock something out of place knock spots off knock suppressor knock the bejeebers out of knock the bottom out knock the bottom out of knock the daylights out of knock the habit knock the hell out of knock the props out from under knock the socks off knock the starch out of knock the stuffing out knock the stuffing out knock the stuffing out knock the stuffing out of knock the stuffing out of someone knock the tar out of knock the wind out of sails knock them/'em dead knock through knock to knock together knock together knock together knock together knock up knock up

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bump off (redirected from knock someone off)

bump off
(redirected from knock someone off)