pop off

pop off
verb
1. leave quickly
• Hypernyms: ↑leave, ↑go forth, ↑go away
• Verb Frames:
-

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

-

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:
• Ant: ↑be born (for: ↑die)
• See Also: ↑die out (for: ↑die), ↑die off (for: ↑die), ↑die down (for: ↑die)
• 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:
↑die, ↑fail, ↑go bad, ↑give way, ↑give out, ↑conk out, ↑go, ↑break, ↑break down
• Verb Frames:
-

Somebody ——s

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intransitive verb
Etymology: pop (I)
1.
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
(informal) to die
Main entry: ↑popderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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