knock off (sth)

— Phrasal Verb with knock

/nɒk/ verb [T]

Definition

informal

› to stop working, usually at the end of the day: I usually try to knock off early on a Friday. We didn't knock off work until 7:30.

(Definition of knock off (sth) from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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