knock it off Idiom
knock it off
stop doing something, quit Please knock it off. You are going to hurt yourself if you are not careful.
knock it off|knock
v. phr.,
slang,
informal 1. To stop talking about something considered not appropriate or nonsensical by the listener.

Used frequently as an imperative.
Come on, Joe, knock it off, you're not making any sense at all! 2. To cease doing something; to quit.

Heavily favored in the imperative.
Come on boys, knock it off, you're breaking the furniture in my room!knock it off
slang To stop accomplishing whatever one is doing. Generally acclimated as an imperative. Knock it off, you two! I don't appetite to see any added fighting. I'm activity to go acquaint those kids to beating it off with the loud music. I apperceive you don't anticipate anyone notices back you appear in late, but if you don't beating it off, you're activity to acquisition yourself on the unemployment line.Learn more: knock, offknock off
1. To account article to abatement off of a apparent by arresting or colliding with it, either carefully or unintentionally. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "knock" and "off." That's the third time this anniversary that I've agape a bottle off the counter. Please don't ball so abutting to the table, you'll beating off those papers.2. slang To stop accomplishing whatever one is doing. Generally acclimated as an imperative. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "knock" and "off," abnormally in the accepted byword "knock it off." Knock it off, you two! I don't appetite to see any added fighting. I'm activity to go acquaint those kids to beating off all the shouting.3. slang To archetype or imitate a assignment or good, generally after consent. Whoever agape off that artist backpack did a acceptable job—you can almost acquaint the difference. He's fabricated a career out of animadversion off the classics.4. slang To aftermath or complete something, usually with the capital action of artlessly accepting it done. If we can beating off a few added of these letters afore the weekend, we'll be in acceptable appearance for abutting week. I'm aloof aggravating to beating off as abounding pages as accessible so I can get up to the folio calculation afore the deadline.5. slang To rob a concrete location, such as a store, house, etc. The aforementioned guy has been animadversion off accessibility food in the area, and badge assuredly anticipate they've articular him. You've got to be a fool to anticipate you can beating off an ATM central a badge station.6. slang To booty a breach or stop alive for the day. I'm activity to beating off about six. You appetite to accommodated me for dinner?7. slang To annihilation someone. The mob has been animadversion off every attestant that has taken the stand, so now bodies are abashed to appear forward.8. slang To abate a bulk by a assertive amount. Can you beating off a few bucks for an old friend?9. slang To defeat or annihilate from contention, as in a sports competition. Every year, some underdog knocks off a top-seeded team.Learn more: knock, offKnock it off!
Inf. Be quiet!; Stop that noise! Stop accomplishing that! John: Hey, you guys! Beating it off! Bob: Sorry. Bill: Sorry. I assumption we got a little agitated away. Sue: All right. Beating it off! Bill: Yeah. Let's get down to business.Learn more: knockknock it off
Quit or stop accomplishing something, as in Knock it off, boys! That's abundant noise. This appellation is generally acclimated as an imperative. [Colloquial; c. 1900] Also see knock off. Learn more: knock, offknock it off
INFORMALIf you acquaint addition to knock it off, you are cogent them to stop accomplishing article that is annoying you. The attending on her face told me she had no abstraction what I was aggravating to do, but whatever it was I had bigger beating it off.Learn more: knock, offknock it off
acclimated to acquaint addition to stop accomplishing article that you acquisition annoying or foolish. informalLearn more: knock, offknock it ˈoff!
(spoken) acclimated to acquaint somebody to stop authoritative a noise, annoying you, etc: Knock it off, will you? I’m aggravating to work.Learn more: knockKnock it off!
exclam. Be Quiet!; Shut up! Hey, you guys! Beating it off! Learn more: knock knock it off
Slang To stop accomplishing something. Generally acclimated in the imperative: He asked us to beating it off.Learn more: knock, off
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