kick the bucket

kick the bucket
verb
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:
• 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:
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Somebody ——s

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phrasal

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kick the bucket (slang)
To die (perh from dialect bucket a beam from which slaughtered animals are hung)
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Main Entry: ↑bucket
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kick the bucket see under ↑bucket
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Main Entry: ↑kick

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kick the bucket humorous phrase
to die
Thesaurus: to die or to be killedsynonym
Main entry: kick

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see kick I
II

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kick the bucket — see ↑kick, 1
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Main Entry: ↑bucket
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kick the bucket
informal + somewhat old-fashioned : to die

He inherited the house after his uncle kicked the bucket.

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Main Entry: ↑kick

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kick the ˈbucket f3 idiom
(informal humorous) to die
Main entry: ↑kickidiom

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  • kick the bucket — When someone kicks the bucket, they die …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • kick the bucket — ► kick the bucket informal die. Main Entry: ↑kick …   English terms dictionary

  • kick the bucket —    When someone kicks the bucket, they die.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    To kick the bucket is a lighthearted way of talking about death.     He will inherit when his grandfather kicks the bucket! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • kick the bucket — Meaning Die. Origin The wooden frame that slaughtered animals were hung from is known as a bucket. The death spasms of the animals caused them to kick the bucket …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • kick the bucket — tv. to die. □ I’m too young to kick the bucket. □ The cat kicked the bucket last night …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • kick the bucket — Old cleaning people never die, they just kick the bucket …   English expressions

  • kick the bucket — {v. phr.}, {slang} To die. * /Old Mr. Jones kicked the bucket just two days before his ninety fourth birthday./ Compare: KICK OFF(3) …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • kick the bucket — {v. phr.}, {slang} To die. * /Old Mr. Jones kicked the bucket just two days before his ninety fourth birthday./ Compare: KICK OFF(3) …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • kick\ the\ bucket — v. phr. slang To die. Old Mr. Jones kicked the bucket just two days before his ninety fourth birthday. Compare: kick off(3) …   Словарь американских идиом

  • kick the bucket — vb to die. The phrase dates from the 17th or 18th centuries and the bucket in question may be either a suicide s prop or, more probably, a British dialect word (also in the form bucker ) for the beam from which slaughtered animals were hung. ►… …   Contemporary slang

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