To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
To control oneself when provoked.
To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed.
To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
To halt one's work or other activity.
To rob.
To defeat.
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.