verb
1. leave quickly
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
2. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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She died from cancer
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The children perished in the fire
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The patient went peacefully
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The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
• Syn:
↑die, ↑decease, ↑perish, ↑go, ↑exit, ↑pass away, ↑expire, ↑pass, ↑kick the bucket, ↑cash in one's chips, ↑buy the farm, ↑conk, ↑give-up the ghost, ↑drop dead, ↑choke, ↑croak, ↑snuff it
• Derivationally related forms:
↑passing (for: ↑pass), ↑expiration (for: ↑expire), ↑exit (for: ↑exit), ↑going (for: ↑go), ↑decedent (for: ↑decease), ↑decease (for: ↑decease), ↑death (for: ↑die), ↑Death (for: ↑die)
• Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn
• Hyponyms:
↑abort, ↑suffocate, ↑stifle, ↑asphyxiate, ↑buy it, ↑pip out, ↑drown, ↑predecease, ↑starve, ↑famish, ↑fall, ↑succumb, ↑yield
• Verb Group:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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intransitive verb1.
a. : to leave suddenly
popped off to town without telling anyone
b. : to die unexpectedly
popped off at the age of forty
2. : to talk without thinking often loudly or angrily
popping off about taxes
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pop off (informal)
1. To make off
2. To die
3. To fall asleep
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Main Entry: ↑pop
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ˌpop ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pop off he/she/it pops off present participle popping off past tense popped off past participle popped off] british informal phrasal verb
to die
Thesaurus: to die or to be killedsynonym
Main entry: pop
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informal
1) die
2) speak spontaneously and at length, typically angrily
I've been thinking about it a lot-I don't want you to imagine I'm just popping off
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pop off [phrasal verb]
informal
1 : to die especially in a sudden or unexpected way
The old man popped off before he could rewrite his will.
2 US : to talk loudly or angrily to someone
The hockey player was ejected from the game for popping off to the referee.
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Main Entry: ↑pop
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ˌpop ˈoff derived
Useful english dictionary. 2012.