Adjoin and Knock off

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Adjoin verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.

Usage example: after the dictionary writer's talk, the principal adjoined a few remarks about her own love of words

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Knock off is an antonym for adjoin.

Knock off verb - To take away (an amount or number) from a total.

Usage example: a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax

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Adjoin is an antonym for knock off.

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Knock off and Adjoin. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adjoin/knock_off

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