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Meaning of drop off the hooks | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To die.

colloquial, euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic

Equivalents

Suomi heittää lusikka nurkkaan

Examples

“"You'd do harm⟳ if you dared to," the woman said. "You'd like⟳ to kill⟳ him. […] We don't want⟳ him to drop off the hooks. Not much!'”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

drop off the map drop off the radar drop one's beads drop one's bundle drop one's guard drop one's guts

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