end your days

end your days
end your days phrase
to spend the last part of your life in a particular place or condition

His ended his days on an island in the South Seas.

Thesaurus: to live in a particular wayhyponym
Main entry: end

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ˌend your ˈdays/ˈlife (in sth) idiom
to spend the last part of your life in a particular state or place

He ended his days in poverty.

Main entry:endidiom

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