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hill
noun▶ go over the hill
to desert military duty; to escape from prison US, 1912- “I’m going over the hill. I’ve got it all figured out.” — Thomas Heggen, Mister Roberts, p. 186, 1946
- I hoped they would understand that I wasn’t going what they called it–“over the hill”–because I was yellow or wanted to dog a fight. — Rocky Garciano (with Rowland Barber), Somebody Up There Likes Me, p. 188, 1955
- We had hung out together for a couple of days before and he told me he was over the hill from some camp down South somewhere and wasn’t going back. — Billie Holiday with William Dufty, Lady Sings the Blues, p. 154, 1956
- You know, a couple of years ago, and this was in Norfolk too, a lieutenant supply officer lifted six thou and went over the hill. — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 30, 1970
- [T]he other half dozen sick cons nearby knew we were going over the hill. — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 14, 1970
- It was made up neat the way I learned it in the army, before I got in a hassel with a Yankee sergeant and went over the hill just five weeks before I was to be discharged. — Guy Owen, The Flim-Flam Man and the Apprentice Grifter, p. 4, 1972
- “But if he was against the Marine Corps why didn’t he do something about it? Like refuse an order. Or go over the hill.” — Robert Stone, Dog Soldiers, p. 207, 1974
▶ on the hill
in pool, needing only one more score to win US- — Mike Shamos, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards, p. 161, 1993
▶ over the hill
past your prime US, 1950- At least it won’t break my heart, Alexander Monet turning out to be an over-the-hill asshole. — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 311, 1999
- [H]ard cases, headcases, nutters, headbutters, over-the-hill boxers[.] — Dave Courtney, Stop the Ride I Want to Get Off, p. 195, 1999
- Now you’re over the hill at 42[.] — The Observer, 3 March 2002
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