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Diamondrg Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

knock off

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01font00Taken from the "The Time Machine (2002)". What does "knock off" mean here?02font0-
  

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00A 'bowler' is a type of hat with a round top, often worn by traditionally-dressed London business-men.02br
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00Without a context, but given that this is written by H. G. Wells, I'd say it means 01i01font00I want them to run along this street and hit all the men's hats, knocking the hats onto the groun
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0"often worn by traditionally-dressed London business-men" - not any more, Clive 050010id2
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0Geez, as soon as I leave the country, the standards all go down!050010id6
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