- take the drop
- to be killed by hangingFrom the scaffold:He's as good as taken the drop already. (G. Greene, 1934)To take a drop means regularly to drink alcohol.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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