put someone's light out

English

Verb

put someone's light out (third-person singular simple present puts someone's light out, present participle putting someone's light out, simple past and past participle put someone's light out)

  1. (slang) To kill someone.

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary: "Any one threatening to murder another says, “I'll put your light out,” or any one committing suicide is said to “put his own light out”."
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