To come to a dead-end.
A road with no exit.
A position that offers no hope of progress.
Going nowhere; blocked.
To defeat.
To rob.
To halt one's work or other activity.
To have sex with.
To remove, as a discount or estimate.
To make a copy of, as of a design.
To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter.
To remove by hitting (something, someone)
To kill.
To accomplish hastily.