Local English word record

kick the bucket

verb · 1 sense

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

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Examples

  • She died from cancer
  • The children perished in the fire
  • The patient went peacefully
  • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102

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Synonyms

die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost

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This page uses the locally materialized K5English vocabulary cohort. WordNet, where present, is enrichment only and does not determine K-5 admission.

Princeton WordNet 3.0