drops off the hooks

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