knock off

derribar

Hacer que alguien o algo caiga del lugar donde está mediante un golpe.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone or something fall from a place by hitting them.

• The ball knocked my hat off.
• A passing truck knocked her off her bike.
• Be careful not to knock the cup off the table.

Cómo se usa: knock someone/something off something (The branch knocked him off his bike.)

Sinónimos: dislodge

Expresiones frecuentes: knock off a hat, knock off something

descontar, rebajar

Restar una cantidad a un precio, una suma o un tiempo calculado.

En inglés sencillo: To reduce a price, amount, or estimated time by a certain amount.

• They knocked five dollars off.
• The seller knocked ten percent off the price.
• This shortcut could knock twenty minutes off our journey.

Cómo se usa: knock an amount off something (They knocked ten pounds off the bill.)

Sinónimos: deduct, subtract, reduce

Antónimos: add

Expresiones frecuentes: knock off ten pounds, knock off twenty percent

terminar de trabajar

Dejar de trabajar o de realizar una actividad, normalmente hasta el día siguiente.

En inglés sencillo: To stop working or doing an activity, usually for the day.

• We knock off at six.
• The builders knocked off early yesterday.
• Shall we knock off for lunch?

Cómo se usa: knock off at + time (We knock off at five on Fridays.)

Sinónimos: finish work, stop work

Antónimos: start work

Expresiones frecuentes: knock off early, knock off work