bump sb off

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Definition of bump sb off in English English dictionary

bump off
To cut class; to play truant
bump off
To kill, especially to murder

In Match Point, when a mistress is about to blab to a wife, threatening a man's comfortable life, his solution is to bump off the girlfriend.

bump off
{f} (Slang) murder deliberately and with premeditation; kill coldly
bump off
To bump someone off means to kill them. They will probably bump you off anyway! the hit man he's hired to bump off his wife