2. (colloquial).—To dispatch with ease; to put out of hand.

1886. Westminster Rev., cxxv. 292. He could knock off a parody, a

drinking song.

1891. Pall Mall Gazette, 29 Nov. p. 6, col. 2. Here is a specimen

of the ‘consumptive manner’ as knocked off by Mr. Lang.

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