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kiss off кинуть копыта • No one knows when he'll kick in. • He finally kicked off yesterday. kiss off (Am inf sl) 1. распрощаться (отказаться от мысли); выбросить из головы • Just kiss off any idea you might have had about marrying her. •You can kiss off that promotion. 2. отвергнуть, отклонить • He kissed off their offer. 3. пришить, укокошить, убить • Bruno had instructions to kiss Max off. knock about/around (inf) 1. слоняться (без дела, цели), бродить • My brother should be knocking around somewhere. • There is the odd Scotsman knocking about here who's looking for someone to play. 2. п о в и д а т ь мир; знать что почем • Someone who's knocked around a lot is more interesting to listen to than someone who has never travelled. • I'm a bachelor, I've knocked around the world a bit. knock back пропустить, опрокинуть (стакан¬ чик); осушить одним глотком • He won't be too happy when he comes up here and finds me knocking back his favourite whisky. • He knocked back glass after glass of wine. knock down (Am inf) заколачивать (деньги) • She knocks down a hundred grand a year. • A clever lawyer can knock down $40,000 in a good year. knock smb back влететь/обойтись (в копеечку) • That meal the other evening knocked me back $30. • A car like that would knock you back a few thousand. knock off (sl) 1. закругляться (закончить рабо¬ ту) • We knock off work in time for tea. • Let's knock off early and go to the football game. 2. пришить, замочить, кокнуть (убить) • I don't want to knock the old man off; can't we just tie him up to keep him quiet? 3. грабануть, украсть, спереть • He was planning to knock off a few videos, but the boss found out and got there just in time to stop him. • He'd knocked off three banks before they caught up with him. 4. настрочить, состряпать, сле пить (статейку, стишки) • He earns his money writing short stories for women's journals. He can knock one off in a couple of hours. • I can knock off a poem in half an hour. knock oneself out выкладываться (умственно и фи¬ зически), работать на износ, вы¬ биваться из сил • While the boss was watching, the workers knocked themselves out. When he left, they relaxed. • This businessman is a workaholic who will always knock himself out working at full blast. knock out выбить из колеи, сразить напо¬ вал • She was knocked out by the news. • Her beauty knocked out every man in the room.
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