- bump\ off
- v slangTo kill in a violent way; murder in gangster fashion.
Hoodlums in a speeding car bumped him off with Tommy guns.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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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
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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
