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a quick drop and a sudden stop

a quick drop and a sudden stop is the alternative form of a short drop and a sudden stop.

Meaning of a short drop and a sudden stop

Noun

a short drop and a sudden stop

  1. (idiomatic) A fall to one's death by hanging.
    • I see, in other words, a short drop and then a sudden stop?1923, Austin B Griffin, Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, volume 203, page 885

Questions about a quick drop and a sudden stop

What is a quick drop and a sudden stop the alternative form of?
A quick drop and a sudden stop is the alternative form of a short drop and a sudden stop.

Words near a quick drop and a sudden stop in the dictionary

  1. a promise is a promise
  2. a promise made is a promise kept
  3. a prophet has no honor in his own country
  4. a prophet is not without honor save in his own country
  5. a pussy and a pulse
  6. a quick drop and a sudden stop
  7. a quid for a quod
  8. a revolution is not a dinner party
  9. A ring
  10. A rings
  11. a rising tide lifts all boats

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