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| knock off |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb stop working: to finish work at the end of the day, or stop working or doing something in order to take a break
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informal
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2. transitive verb cut price: to decrease the price of something by a particular amount
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3. transitive verb deduct amount or points: to deduct something from something, especially an amount from a price or a number of points from a score or total
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4. transitive verb produce something with ease or speed: to make or deal with something easily and quickly
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informal
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  knocks off six or seven articles a month
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5. transitive verb crime kill somebody: to kill somebody, especially intentionally
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slang
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6. transitive verb crime rob place: to rob a bank, store, or other business
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slang
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7. transitive verb commerce make cheap copy of product: to produce a inexpensive, sometimes illegal copy of a well-known product
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slang
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8. transitive verb plagiarize something: to copy somebody else's work
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slang
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