stop one

stop one
   to be killed or wounded
   A common First World War usage:
    We old ones aren't lucky enough to stop one that way. (F. Richards, 1933 — he was referring to a blighty)
   To stop a slug is more specific:
    I wasn't hired to kill people. Until Frisky stopped that slug I didn't have no such ideas. (Chandler, 1939 — Frisky was a gunman, not a gardener)
   To stop the big one is to be killed:
    The guy stopped the big one. Cold, (ibid.)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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