polish sb off
mainly US informal— phrasal verb with polish uk/ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/us/ˈpɑː.lɪʃ/verb [ T ]
to kill someone:
He was accused of polishing off his former partner.
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Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- necklace
- poison
- shoot sb down
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- throttle
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