knock it off
knock it off verb: to cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist.
Verb
knock it off (third-person singular simple present knocks it off, present participle knocking it off, simple past and past participle knocked it off)
- To cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist.
- Would you two please knock it off with the shouting? I'm trying to sleep.
Interjection
- Cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; desist.
- Knock it off! This is the last time I'm telling you!
- Synonyms:
- cut it out, give it a break
knock it off meaning in Malayalam
knock it off in Malayalam
- stop it, cut it out, give it a rest
- നിർത്തൂക, മതിയാക്കുക, വിട്ടുകളയുക, കെെവെടിയുക, നിർത്തലാക്കുക, തുടരാതിരിക്കുക
Synonyms of knock it off
Forms of knock it off
| third-person singular present | knocks it off |
|---|---|
| present participle | knocking it off |
| past participle | knocked it off |
| past | knocked it off |
Questions about knock it off
- What does knock it off mean?
- Knock it off means to cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist.
- What is knock it off in Malayalam?
- Knock it off in Malayalam is നിർത്തൂക, മതിയാക്കുക, വിട്ടുകളയുക. See Knock it off meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is knock it off?
- Knock it off can be a verb or an interjection.
- What is the past tense of knock it off?
- The past tense of knock it off is knocked it off.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: knock it off (page history and authors); knock it off (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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