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๐บ๐ธ English Expressions: Knock It Off ๐
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Hey everyone! ๐
Todayโs expression is โknock it off.โ โ
๐ It means stop doing something annoying, irritating, or inappropriate.
You use it when you want someone to cut it out immediately.
Origin:
This comes from American slang in the early 20th century, literally meaning โstop hittingโ or โstop interfering.โ Over time, it became a general way to tell someone to stop what theyโre doing. ๐ฅ
Examples:
โข Hey, knock it off! I canโt concentrate with all that noise. ๐ค
โข Knock it off, you two โ stop teasing each other! ๐
โข The kids were fighting, so the teacher said, โKnock it off!โ ๐ซ
Figurative daily-life examples:
โข He kept texting me useless links โ I told him to knock it off. ๐ฑ
โข That joke is getting old; knock it off! ๐
โข Stop complaining about the small stuff โ just knock it off. ๐
Now itโs your turn! ๐ฌ
Drop your own sentence using โknock it offโ below ๐
WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER! ๐ค
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๐บ๐ธ English Expressions: Knock It Off ๐
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