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stopping lead

stopping lead is the present participle and gerund 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 stopping lead

What is stopping lead the present participle and gerund of?
Stopping lead is the present participle and gerund of stop lead.

Words near stopping lead in the dictionary

  1. stopping distances
  2. stopping down
  3. stopping in
  4. stopping into
  5. stopping it
  6. stopping lead
  7. stopping off
  8. stopping out
  9. stopping over
  10. stopping power
  11. stopping press

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