- ˌbump sb ˈoff
- phrasal verb
informalto murder someone
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ˌbump sb ˈoff
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bump somebody off — ˌbump sbˈoff derived (informal) to murder sb Main entry: ↑bumpderived … Useful english dictionary
bump someone off — tv. to kill someone. (Originally underworld.) □ What am I supposed to do, bump her off? CD The mob bumped off the witness before the trial … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bump someone off — informal murder someone. → bump … English new terms dictionary
bump someone off — (informal).See kill verb sense 1. → bump * * * informal murder someone … Useful english 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 — 1 verb 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) to hit or knock against something (+ against/into etc): It was so dark I bumped into a tree | bump sth on/against etc: I bumped my head on the ledge. 2 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bump — [bʌmp] verb I 1) [I/T] to hit against something solid, or to accidentally make something do this I bumped my knee on the corner of the desk.[/ex] 2) [I] to move over a surface that is not even The truck bumped slowly across the field.[/ex] • bump … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
bump — noun 1》 a light blow or a jolting collision. ↘Rowing (in races where boats make a spaced start one behind another) the point at which a boat begins to overtake or touch the boat ahead, thereby defeating it. 2》 a protuberance on a level… … English new terms dictionary
off — 1. American to kill Perhaps a shortened form of bump 5 (OFF ): Maybe he stiffed the waiter and the guy followed him down here and offed him. (Sanders, 1973) To off yourself is to commit suicide: I just don t want to off myself … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
