stop lead

verb

To be killed by a bullet from a gun.

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Meanings

verbstop lead (third-person singular simple present stops lead, present participle stopping lead, simple past and past participle stopped lead)

present singular third person stops lead · participle present stopping lead · participle past stopped lead · past stopped lead

  1. USdatedslangTo be killed by a bullet from a gun.

    It don't never rain in this damned country and you'll stop lead or stretch rope if you keeps shootin' cattle.

    1935, Mari Sandoz, Old Jules, page 37
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APA

stop lead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stop%20lead

MLA

“stop lead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stop%20lead. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stop lead,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stop%20lead.

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