Meanings
present singular third person knocks it off · participle present knocking it off · participle past knocked it off · past knocked it off
- colloquialidiomaticimperativeTo cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; to desist.
Would you two please knock it off with the shouting? I'm trying to sleep.
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionCease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; desist.
Translations
French arrêter
- arrêterto stop doing something
Greek κόφ’ το, κόφτε το
- κόφ’ το (kóf’ to)cease doing something
- κόφτε το (kófte to)cease doing something
Māori kātirawhe, kātirawhe
- kātirawheto stop doing something
- kātirawhecease doing something
Portuguese parar
- pararto stop doing something
Russian завязывать, кончать
- завязывать (zavjazyvatʹ)to stop doing something
- кончать (končatʹ)to stop doing something
Spanish parar, dejarlo
- pararto stop doing something
- dejarloto stop doing something
- basta yacease doing something
Swedish lägga av, lägg av
- lägga avto stop doing something
- lägg avcease doing something
- slutacease doing something
Cite this entry
knock it off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knock%20it%20off
“knock it off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knock%20it%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knock it off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knock%20it%20off.
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