catch a body

verb

to kill, to murder

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Meanings

verbcatch a body (third-person singular simple present catches a body, present participle catching a body, simple past and past participle caught a body)

present singular third person catches a body · participle present catching a body · participle past caught a body · past caught a body

  1. idiomaticintransitiveslangto kill, to murder

    Niggas be runnin' through the block shootin' Time to start the revolution, catch a body, head for Houston

    1994, Nas, “N.Y. State of Mind”, in Illmatic
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    Mo' money, mo' murder, mo' homicide You catch that body, nigga? Better have that alibi You never know, it might just be your time, you take your ride To them pearly white gates, watch that suicide

    1995, AZ featuring Nas, “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Murder (Homicide)”, in Doe or Die

Origin

Compare catch a case and catch a stray.

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