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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Kill off the TV show

The actress was killed off the TV show Bidaai recently

Could you please explain to me what they mean by "kill off" here?
  

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The show's writers or directors did not want this character to appear in subsequent shows. "Killing off a character" is an idiom. If it had been a major role, there will be an episode ( or more) in which the character suffers some calamity and explains the reason for their disappearance.

— AlpheccaStars

  • The show's writers or directors did not want this character to appear in subsequent shows.
  • "Killing off a character" is an idiom.
  • If it had been a major role, there will be an episode ( or more) in which the character suffers some calamity and explains the reason for their disappearance.
  • " from the old Dallas series.
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The show's writers or directors did not want this character to appear in subsequent shows. "Killing off a character" is an idiom. If it had been a major role, there will be an episode ( or more) in which the character suffers some calamity and explains the reason for their disappearance.

The most famous application of this technique perhaps was "Who killed JR?" from the old Dall
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A-Emotion: stars is correct. I would add that it normally isn't theactor who is killed off the show, but rather the character. S
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