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drop off the hooks

drop off the hooks verb: to die.

Verb

drop off the hooks (third-person singular simple present drops off the hooks, present participle dropping off the hooks, simple past and past participle dropped off the hooks)

  1. (colloquial, euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic) To die.
    • "You'd do harm if you dared to," the woman said. "You'd like to kill him. […] We don't want him to drop off the hooks. Not much!'1921, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, The Great Pearl Secret
    Synonyms:
    bite the dust, buy the farm, kick the bucket, assume room temperature, auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be like the the One, be no more, be with Jesus

Synonyms of drop off the hooks

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Forms of drop off the hooks

third-person singular presentdrops off the hooks
present participledropping off the hooks
past participledropped off the hooks
pastdropped off the hooks

Questions about drop off the hooks

What does drop off the hooks mean?
Drop off the hooks means to die.
What part of speech is drop off the hooks?
Drop off the hooks is a verb.
What is the past tense of drop off the hooks?
The past tense of drop off the hooks is dropped off the hooks.

Words near drop off the hooks in the dictionary

  1. drop lots
  2. drop neck
  3. drop net
  4. drop nets
  5. drop off
  6. drop off the hooks
  7. drop off the map
  8. drop off the radar
  9. drop one's beads
  10. drop one's bundle
  11. drop one's guard

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