bump off

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 — 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

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