Knock off
Knock off verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Stops
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Gruntilda, who spoke entirely in rhyming couplets all throughout Banjo-Kazooie, is told by her sisters near the beginning of Banjo-Tooie to knock off the annoying rhyming already, at which point she says "Oh, very well, then." and stops for the rest of the game.
Source: Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion - Don Flamenco, meanwhile, flips out (read: stops taunting you and goes into an endless attack string) should you knock off his toupee.
Source: Berserk Button / Video Games
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Stops and Knock off. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/knock_off/stops
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