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drop off the hooks en · VERB

Meanings

1. (colloquial, euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic) To die.
   • "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!' 1921, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, The Great Pearl Secret:

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Synonyms

pass on · kick the bucket · shuffle off this mortal coil · pay the debt of nature · darken · hand in one's checks · expire · forfare · pass the river · be with the Lord · be like the the One · be no more · assume room temperature · pass in one's checks · snuff it · liquidate · pass over · slip away · go the way of the dodo · keel over · knock off · kick off · exit · cash in · go the way of the dodo bird · give up the ghost · flatline · conk out · go the way of the dinosaurs · disincarnate · pop one's clogs · fall off the twig · lose the number of one's mess · cark it · go over to the majority · cross the Great Divide · perish · yield up the ghost · peg out · draw one's last breath · be gathered to one's fathers · go for a burton · drop off the hooks · bite the big one · close one's eyes for the last time · croak · pass away · take a dirt nap · decease · pop off · hand in one's dinner pail · join the choir invisible · push up daisies · be with Jesus · go to one's reward · hop the twig · buy it · bite the dust · check out · kick the bucket · cross over · pay nature's debt · cross the Styx · buy the farm · cash in one's chips · sleep with one's fathers · pass · sink · depart · go west · go to glory · code · bite the biscuit · decompose · auger in · go out · give one's all · meet one's doom · meet one's end · dematerialize · turn up one's toes · meet one's maker · buy the farm · be called home · succumb · go the way of all flesh · pass in one's marble · bite the dust