English Explanatory Dictionary

free helicopter ride

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Euphemistic form of death flight.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see free, helicopter, ride.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-free helicopter ride.wav

Word forms

free helicopter ride free helicopter rides

Etymology

In reference to extrajudicial killings by death flight carried out by several 1970s South American military dictators, most notoriously Augusto Pinochet.

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