| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To expel air in the process of respiration: breathe (out), exhale. See BREATH. 2. To cease living: decease, demise, depart, die, drop, go, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb. Informal : pop off. Slang : check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end (or Maker) , pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See LIVE. 3. To cease to exist: die (away or out), disappear. See LIVE. 4. To become void, especially through passage of time or an omission: lapse, run out. See CONTINUE, LAW.
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