- bump off
- {v.}, {slang} To kill in a violent way; murder in gangster fashion. * /Hoodlums in a speeding car bumped him off with Tommy guns./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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bump off — (someone) to kill someone. Unbelievable as it is, this woman decided that she was going to bump off her husband s girlfriend … New idioms dictionary
bump off — verb kill intentionally and with premeditation (Freq. 2) The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered • Syn: ↑murder, ↑slay, ↑hit, ↑dispatch, ↑off, ↑polish off, ↑remove … Useful english dictionary
bump off — PHRASAL VERB To bump someone off means to kill them. [often HUMOROUS, INFORMAL] [V n P] They will probably bump you off anyway! [V P n (not pron)] ...the hit man he s hired to bump off his wife … English dictionary
bump off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms bump off : present tense I/you/we/they bump off he/she/it bumps off present participle bumping off past tense bumped off past participle bumped off informal to murder someone … English dictionary
bump off — verb a) To kill, especially to murder. Well, hes been wrong ever since I had to bump off Tim Harrigan. Talks about a fair break. As if I had a chance to let the old man get to a gun. b) To cut class; to play truant … Wiktionary
bump off — v To kill. The boss thought we ought to bump off the informer. 1920s … Historical dictionary of American slang
bump-off — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: bump off slang : murder … Useful english dictionary
bump off someone — bump off (someone) to kill someone. Unbelievable as it is, this woman decided that she was going to bump off her husband s girlfriend … New idioms dictionary
Bump Off Lover — infobox television show name = Bump Off Lover (愛殺17) caption = An image of Bump Off Lover genre = School, Thriller, Suspense, Romance camera = picture format = 4:3 audio format = Dolby Digital 2.0 runtime = 360 minutes creator = starring = Angela … Wikipedia
bump off — Synonyms and related words: assassinate, blast, blot out, cool, croak, do in, dust off, erase, execute, finish, fix, get, give the business, gun down, hit, ice, knock off, lay out, liquidate, off, polish off, put away, rub out, settle, take care… … Moby Thesaurus
bump off — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. slang, kill (See killing). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. murder, slay, rub out, assassinate; see kill 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Slang. To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully:… … English dictionary for students
