drop off the hooks

English

Verb

drop off the hooks (third-person singular simple present drops off the hooks, present participle dropping off the hooks, simple past and past participle dropped off the hooks)

  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic, colloquial, humorous) To die.
    Synonyms: bite the dust, buy the farm, kick the bucket; see also Thesaurus:die
    • 1921, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, The Great Pearl Secret:
      "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!'
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