hit a stain
v. phr.— «Assistant State’s Atty. Cheryl Lenard said the juvenile told another state’s attorney he allegedly wanted to “hit a stain,” a slang term meaning to take something like a bike or money.» —“2 charged in attack on boy ordered held” by Tonya Maxwell, Aamer Madhani Chicago Tribune July 20, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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