bumping off
Example Sentences
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So he has switched his party affiliation to independent and is now making a bid to stay on the council, even if it means bumping off a colleague.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
Thompson points out that Christie’s murderers often got her into hot water with her American publishers; they were appalled by the idea of a 12-year-old girl bumping off her grandfather in one novel.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2019
The Dada imp’s word games and visual pranks were busily bumping off Picasso as the primary influence on the ’60s American avant-garde.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2018
But bumping off a champion who had not lost for 11 years in his own backyard was a very special feat.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2015
They do what is called glancing, which is the same word for bumping off something and carrying on in almost the same direction, e.g., when a snooker ball glances off another snooker ball.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
