bump off

verb

1. slang,  (tr, adverb) to murder; kill

Idioms and Phrases

Kill, murder, as in The convict bragged about bumping off his partner, or The first fighter plane bumped off three enemy aircraft. This term was at first principally criminal slang and somewhat later military jargon. [Slang; c. 1900]

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