as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
these drug dealers mean business, and they'll bump off anyone who gets in their way
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The camera follows the dog into a retro tiled bathroom, where Elizabeth Berkley is sitting in a shell-pink bathtub wearing a matching silk robe cutting grotesque black bumps off of her leg.
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
So, when people describe the Fed as driving a car through a tunnel with a windshield painted black, guiding itself with the rearview mirrors, oil demand forecasting is more like feeling your way bumping off the walls.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
In serendipitous fashion, my husband and I met at JFK Airport as students when we were both bumped off a flight bound for Los Angeles.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
But what survives most of all is the film’s utter ruthlessness—its lack of compunction about immolating an elevator full of partygoers or bumping off its most sympathetic character in a fiery final stretch.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
Airlines are booked, busy, and bruised Getting bumped off a flight wasn’t always considered an airline perk.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 July 2024
The film was originally billed as a Netflix Original before it got bumped off the streamer’s annual release calendar — twice.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Her Avianca flight to El Salvador left that day, but she was bumped off.
—Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
But that means bumping off Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4, which debuted to a rousing $73.8 million last weekend and could earn $30 million or more in its sophomore outing.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2023
Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
So, when people describe the Fed as driving a car through a tunnel with a windshield painted black, guiding itself with the rearview mirrors, oil demand forecasting is more like feeling your way bumping off the walls.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
In serendipitous fashion, my husband and I met at JFK Airport as students when we were both bumped off a flight bound for Los Angeles.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
But what survives most of all is the film’s utter ruthlessness—its lack of compunction about immolating an elevator full of partygoers or bumping off its most sympathetic character in a fiery final stretch.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
Airlines are booked, busy, and bruised Getting bumped off a flight wasn’t always considered an airline perk.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 July 2024
The film was originally billed as a Netflix Original before it got bumped off the streamer’s annual release calendar — twice.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Her Avianca flight to El Salvador left that day, but she was bumped off.
—Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
But that means bumping off Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4, which debuted to a rousing $73.8 million last weekend and could earn $30 million or more in its sophomore outing.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2023
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