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Ann225 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Knock off

Hi,

If you plug in the wrong cable, you might knock off the computer (cause it to power off.)

Could ‘knock off’ be used in this case?

I know that you can ‘knock out power’, but I’m not sure what the deal with ‘knock off’ is.

Thank you.

  

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Could ‘knock off’ be used in this case? No, I've never heard it used like this. It sounds to me like you are simply talking about eg knocking it off a desk.

— Clive

  • Could ‘knock off’ be used in this case?
  • No, I've never heard it used like this.
  • It sounds to me like you are simply talking about eg knocking it off a desk.
  • Knock off has a number of unrelated idiomatic meanings, eg kill someone eg produce work quickly Clive
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Could ‘knock off’ be used in this case? No, I've never heard it used like this. It sounds to me like you are simply talking about eg knocking it off a desk.


Knock off has a number of unrelated idiomatic meanings,

eg kill someone

eg produce work quickly

Clive

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