bump off



bump someone off

 and knock someone off
Sl. to kill someone. They tried to bump her off, but she was too clever and got away. The crooks threatened to bump off the witness to the crime.
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bump off somebody

also bump somebody off
to kill someone Unbelievable as it is, this woman decided that she was going to bump off her husband's girlfriend.
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bump off

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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bump off

v.
1. To remove someone or something from a list or hierarchy due to lack of time or space: To make room for people who would pay for seats, the concert manager bumped off everybody on the guest list. The airline had to bump me off because the flight was oversold.
2. To break someone's connection between a computer and the Internet or other network: Something strange happened on my computer and it has bumped me off the Internet. I got bumped off before I could finish downloading the file.
3. Slang To murder someone: The gang threatened to bump off anyone who interfered with their plan. The ringleader hired someone to bump his enemies off.
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Behnam-Persian
Muireadhach-Irish, Scottish
Rajiv-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Nepali
Dubhghlas-Scottish
DymphnaDIMF-naIrish
Lestariles-TAH-reeIndonesian