The phrase "a killing out" is not correct and does not appear to be a standard expression in written English.
It is unclear what context it is intended for, as it does not convey a clear meaning.
Example: "The idea of a killing out is often misunderstood in discussions about violence."
Alternatives: "a purge" or "an elimination".
The Daily Mail has never forgiven him for making a killing out of the housemates' exhibitionist antics.
Alison Griffiths Kingsbridge, Devon You use an emotive headline in your article (18 December) about "the man who made a killing out of HIV patients".
People who stand to make a killing out of knowing where and when the bombs are going to fall, how many and on whom.
"Sometimes there's a killing out in the fields and the murderer runs away, but this is once in a blue moon," Pranay said.
A stream of pro-Franco lobbyists were warmly greeted at the Foreign Office – many of them British businessmen poised to make a killing out of a Franco government.
Michael Burry, the founder of Scion Capital, which would eventually become one of the few firms to make a killing out of the collapse of the sub-prime market, came to prominence soon after graduating from Vanderbilt's medical school.
(In 2004, four people were gunned down in a vacant lot here to prevent their cooperation in a homicide case; a subsequent killing snuffed out a witness to that massacre as well).
My neighbours scoffed, preferring to believe they would make a killing by renting out their homes.
Anyone with a field near the route saw pound signs, expecting to make a killing by kicking out their sheep for a weekend and replacing them with tents, charging up to £200 for a pitch.
Because while I don't have the skills or training, I feel like I do have enough tenacity and free time to investigate a killing and work out who done it.
In an effort to bring honor killings out from underground, Ka-Mer, a local women's group, has created a hot line for women who fear their lives are at risk.
