What is the meaning of the word "a quick drop and a sudden stop"?
Definitions:
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A way of saying someone met their end through a fall or hanging.
NOUN
- People around here used to take the law into their own hands and punish criminals with a quick drop and a sudden stop- if you know what I mean.
- People around here used to take the law into their own hands and punish criminals with a quick drop and a sudden stop- if you know what I mean.
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Refers to death resulting either from falling from a great height or from hanging. NOUN
- I wouldn't get too close to the edge of that cliff if I were you, you'd have a pretty quick drop and a sudden stop.
- I wouldn't get too close to the edge of that cliff if I were you, you'd have a pretty quick drop and a sudden stop.