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knock it off

Idioms  
  1. Quit or stop doing something, as in Knock it off, boys! That's enough noise. This term is often used as an imperative. [Colloquial; c. 1900] Also see knock off.


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But when bad weather or air-traffic-control challenges knock it off course, Delta has struggled to recover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

The message went out to "knock it off" or face "consequences".

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

He second-guessed himself long enough for his wife to tell him to knock it off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2024

“In the past, school districts, I think, felt a lot more comfortable to say, ‘Hey, knock it off.’

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

I wanted to tell him to knock it off.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz

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