drop off the hooks

verb

drop off the hooks

verb

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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