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Slam to the grave 

To beat someone so hard that the person will be critically injured and probably dead.
Usage of slam to the grave:

A: You picked the wrong house fool! Leave or I'll slam you to the grave.
B: Shit I'm outta here.
Slam to the grave by WordWorld July 31, 2017

[Take it to the grave] 

1. Keeping a secret until you die and are buried.
Nelly: Aww man I got a huge secret to tell you but you can't tell anyone.

T.I.: Yeah man I'll take it to the grave.

cradle to the grave 

A 2Pac/Thug Life song off of the Thug Life: Volume 1 CD that came out in 1994. This has nothing to do with the movie "Cradle 2 the Grave".
From tha Cradle to the Grave, life ain't never been easy
Living in the ghetto.

Taking it to the grave with me 

To love something so much that you don’t want to lose it even after you’ve died
I love that tote bag so much! I’m taking it to the grave with me

Rave to the grave 

A slogan by people who think there lives suck so much and/or the world sucks so much that there is no use in any of it. So they will just take in raves constantly for the reast of there life or till it kills them which ever comes first. A rave scene and goth slogan.
John says he's gona rave to the grave.

cradle to the grave 

This term is already used to describe the cycle of human life in general. When used in urban slang the emphasis of the phrase is featured on the word GRAVE. Grave = gravy as in, "it's all gravy" meaning it's all good. When adding the "cradle to the..." portion in the beginning is just further verbage to emphasize the eloquence of slang.

This term came about when the movie Cradle 2 The Grave (starring DMX, Jet Li) had played ads on TV for it's release. Rapper Jedd Rizzun Michrophone Magician of San Jose, CA had coined the term and is used in that area as well as other parts of northern california.
Used in a response for an apology:
"Yo, ay man, damn... I didn't have your back last night, I was tore up!"
"Oh it's all cradle to the grave man.. I handled my own with those breezies"

Used in response to an embarrassing mishap:
"Haha!! You done spilled that drank all over your kicks.. haha!"

"It's all cradle to the grave... I ain't stressin'"
cradle to the grave by Joel Martinez November 14, 2004
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"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

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"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
Dutty by J Hall April 3, 2003
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