knocksomething off

knocksomething off
knock something off (of) someone or something & knocksomething off
to remove something from someone or something by striking. (

Of

is usually retained before pronouns.) •

I knocked the hard hat off of Wally when I hit him accidentally with the ladder.

My elbow knocked off the book.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • out of kilter — {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Not balanced right; not in a straight line or lined up right. * /The scale must be out of kilter because when I weighed myself on it, it said 300 pounds./ * /The wheels of my bicycle were out of kilter after it hit the… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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