knock it off
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knock it off (third-person singular simple present knocks it off, present participle knocking it off, simple past and past participle knocked it off)
- (colloquial, chiefly imperative, idiomatic) To cease doing something, particulary annoying or unpleasant; to desist.
- Would you two please knock it off with the shouting? I'm trying to sleep.
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to stop doing something
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- Cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; desist.
- Synonyms: cut it out, give it a break
- Knock it off! This is the last time I'm telling you!