| VERB | contact | knock off, neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, do in | get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | knock off, shave | cut the price of | |
| possession | knock off, hook, snitch, thieve, cop, glom | take by theft | |
| creation | knock off, dash off, scratch off, toss off, fling off | write quickly | |
| change | knock off, drop | stop pursuing or acting |
| Meaning | Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to knock off the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, do in | |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| Spanish | liquidar, neutralizar | |
| Catalan | liquidar | |
| Meaning | cut the price of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | shave | |
| Narrower | mark down | Reduce the price of |
| Broader | reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down | cut down on |
| Spanish | abaratar | |
| Meaning | Take by theft. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | hook, snitch, thieve, cop, glom | |
| Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
| Spanish | chivarse, hurtar, mangar, robar | |
| Meaning | Write quickly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Did he knock off his major works over a short period of time? | |
| Synonyms | dash off, scratch off, toss off, fling off | |
| Category | writing, authorship, composition, penning | The act of creating written works |
| Broader | write, compose, pen, indite | produce a literary work |
| Meaning | stop pursuing or acting. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | drop | |
| Narrower | nolle pros, nolle prosequi, nol.pros. | Drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records |
| Broader | discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off | put an end to a state or an activity |
| Spanish | abandonar, dejar | |
| Catalan | abandonar, deixar | |
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