knock sth off
— phrasal verb with knock uk/nɒk/us/nɑːk/verb
(STEAL)
UK slang US knock sth over to steal something:
He has a stack of computer equipment he's knocked off from various shops.
He was caught selling knocked-off car radios in the pub.
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Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- appropriate
- armed robbery
- break in/break into sth
- duff
- liberate
- light-fingered
- loot
- looting
- make off with sth
- mug
- relieve
- rob
- robbery
- run off with sth
- scrump
- shoplifting
- sting
- whip
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(PRODUCE)
informal to produce something quickly and easily:
She can knock off (= write) a novel in a couple of weeks.
See also
knock sth out
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Creating and producing
- bear fruit idiom
- bring
- bring sth out
- churn sth out
- cobble
- craft
- on the go idiom
- overproduce
- patch
- patch sth together
- phase
- phase sth in
- pump
- raise
- rush
- turn sth out
- uncreative
- unleash
- unproductive
- wrought
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