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bump off

bump off verb: to kill, especially to murder.

Verb

bump off (third-person singular simple present bumps off, present participle bumping off, simple past and past participle bumped off)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To kill, especially to murder.
    • "Well, he's 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."1921, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 34, in Gunsight Pass
    • He could imagine M calling in the Chief of Staff. "007's already tangled up with the FBI. Dam' fool went up to Harlem last night and bumped off three of Mr. Big's men. Got hurt himself, apparently, but not much."1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 88
  2. (UK, idiomatic) To cut class; to play truant.
    Synonyms:
    bunk off

Synonyms of bump off

Forms of bump off

third-person singular presentbumps off
present participlebumping off
past participlebumped off
pastbumped off

Questions about bump off

What does bump off mean?
Bump off means to kill, especially to murder.
What part of speech is bump off?
Bump off is a verb.
What is the past tense of bump off?
The past tense of bump off is bumped off.

Words near bump off in the dictionary

  1. bump key
  2. bump keys
  3. bump mapping
  4. bump n' grind
  5. bump nasties
  6. bump off
  7. bump on
  8. bump on the road
  9. bump one's gums
  10. bump purses
  11. bump stock

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