bump someone off
1bump someone off — tv. to kill someone. (Originally underworld.) □ What am I supposed to do, bump her off? CD The mob bumped off the witness before the trial …
2bump someone off — informal murder someone. → bump …
3bump someone off — (informal).See kill verb sense 1. → bump * * * informal murder someone …
4knock someone off — tv. to kill someone. (Underworld. See also bump someone off.) □ The mob knocked the witnesses off. CD The cops would be happy if someone wanted to knock off Mr. Big …
5ˌbump sb ˈoff — phrasal verb informal to murder someone …
6bump off — verb kill intentionally and with premeditation (Freq. 2) The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered • Syn: ↑murder, ↑slay, ↑hit, ↑dispatch, ↑off, ↑polish off, ↑remove …
7bump off — PHRASAL VERB To bump someone off means to kill them. [often HUMOROUS, INFORMAL] [V n P] They will probably bump you off anyway! [V P n (not pron)] ...the hit man he s hired to bump off his wife …
8bump — noun 1》 a light blow or a jolting collision. ↘Rowing (in races where boats make a spaced start one behind another) the point at which a boat begins to overtake or touch the boat ahead, thereby defeating it. 2》 a protuberance on a level… …
9bump — /bʌmp / (say bump) verb (t) 1. to come more or less heavily in contact with; strike; collide with. 2. to cause to strike or collide: to bump one s head against the wall. 3. a. to dismiss, as an employee or a member of a team. b. to reject… …
10bump — 1 verb 1 (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) to hit or knock against something (+ against/into etc): It was so dark I bumped into a tree | bump sth on/against etc: I bumped my head on the ledge. 2 (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move …
