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stop lead

stop lead verb: to be killed by a bullet from a gun.

Verb

stop lead (third-person singular simple present stops lead, present participle stopping lead, simple past and past participle stopped lead)

  1. (US, dated, slang) To be killed by a bullet from a gun.
    • It don't never rain in this damned country and you'll stop lead or stretch rope if you keeps shootin' cattle.1935, Mari Sandoz, Old Jules, page 37

Forms of stop lead

third-person singular presentstops lead
present participlestopping lead
past participlestopped lead
paststopped lead

Questions about stop lead

What does stop lead mean?
Stop lead means to be killed by a bullet from a gun.
What part of speech is stop lead?
Stop lead is a verb.
What is the past tense of stop lead?
The past tense of stop lead is stopped lead.

Words near stop lead in the dictionary

  1. stop in
  2. stop into
  3. stop it
  4. stop lamp
  5. stop lamps
  6. stop lead
  7. stop light
  8. stop lights
  9. stop line
  10. stop list
  11. stop lists

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