The difference between Knock off and Take care of
When used as verbs, knock off means to halt one's work or other activity, whereas take care of means to look after, to provide care for.
check bellow for the other definitions of Knock off and Take care of
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Knock off as a noun:
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Knock off as a noun:
A device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
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Knock off as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To halt one's work or other activity.
Examples:
"I think I'll knock off for the evening and go to bed."
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Knock off as a verb (transitive, slang):
To kill.
Examples:
"The mobsters hired the guy to knock off their enemies."
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Knock off as a verb (transitive):
To remove, as a discount or estimate.
Examples:
"They agreed to knock off 20% of the price."
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Knock off as a verb (transitive, slang):
To rob.
Examples:
"They decided to knock off a liquor store downtown."
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Knock off as a verb (transitive):
To make a copy of, as of a design.
Examples:
"They send people to the shows in Milan for "ideas", which means knocking off the designs they guess would sell."
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Knock off as a verb (transitive):
To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter.
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Knock off as a verb (transitive, slang):
To have sex with.
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Knock off as a verb (transitive, informal):
To accomplish hastily.
Examples:
"I knocked off a couple of quick sketches before the design meeting."
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Take care of as a verb (transitive):
To look after, to provide care for.
Examples:
"My elderly mother needs to be taken care of."
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Take care of as a verb (transitive):
To deal with, handle.
Examples:
"Can somebody take care of the customers while I clean this mess?"
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Take care of as a verb (transitive, slang, euphemistic):
To kill.
Examples:
"In the motion picture ''The Godfather'' gangster Virgil Sollozzo took care of Luca Brasi by having him strangled."