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bumping off

bumping off is the present participle and gerund of bump off.

Meaning of bump off

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
  2. (UK, idiomatic) To cut class; to play truant.
    Synonyms:
    bunk off

Questions about bumping off

What is bumping off the present participle and gerund of?
Bumping off is the present participle and gerund of bump off.

Words near bumping off in the dictionary

  1. bumping
  2. bumping across
  3. bumping and grinding
  4. bumping elbows
  5. bumping nasties
  6. bumping off
  7. bumping on
  8. bumping one's gums
  9. bumping purses
  10. bumping uglies
  11. bumping up

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