Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US, idiomatic)To kill, especially to murder.

    kill intentionally and with premeditation

  2. (UK, idiomatic)To cut class; to play truant.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom got bumped off his flight.

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  2. If the truck hits a bump, you'd fall off.

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  3. It's always the most unlikable character who gets bumped off.

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  4. We tried again to bump off the politician, but couldn't do it.

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

bumps off, bumping off, bumped off, bumped off
Base formbump off · to bump off
3rd person singularbumps off
Present participlebumping off
Past simplebumped off
Past participlebumped off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybump off
he, she, itbumps off

Past simpleLesson

all personsbumped off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bumped off
he, she, ithas bumped off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bump off

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbumpoff

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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