The idiom "hitting the slab" is a grim colloquial expression primarily used in forensic, medical, and crime thriller contexts to describe a deceased human body being placed onto a stainless-steel autopsy table or mortuary morgue table for examination by a medical examiner. Beyond forensic settings, the phrase can occasionally be used metaphorically in sports or racing to describe crashing hard against a concrete safety barrier or track wall.
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