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stopped lead

stopped lead is the simple past and past participle of stop lead.

Meaning of stop lead

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

Questions about stopped lead

What is stopped lead the simple past and past participle of?
Stopped lead is the simple past and past participle of stop lead.

Words near stopped lead in the dictionary

  1. stopped dead
  2. stopped down
  3. stopped in
  4. stopped into
  5. stopped it
  6. stopped lead
  7. stopped off
  8. stopped out
  9. stopped over
  10. stopped pipe
  11. stopped pipes

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