n
(idiomatic) A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
v
(UK, Ireland, idiomatic, slang) To die.
v
(idiomatic) To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).
v
Alternative form of come up with snake eyes [(slang) To fail to come up with anything; to get nowhere.]
v
(idiomatic) to lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest
v
(slang, sports) To come in last place.
v
To do or perform an activity which is very risky, or dangerous, and could even cause one's death.
v
(uncommon, nonstandard outside video games) followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from):
v
(idiomatic) To suffer repeatedly (often mentally rather than physically); to suffer extreme embarrassment or anxiety.
v
Alternative form of die the way one lived [(idiomatic) To die because of or after doing something characteristic of oneself, especially something that one enjoyed doing.]
v
To die by violence, especially by hanging.
v
To fight till death; to die rather than surrender.
v
Alternative form of die the way one lived [(idiomatic) To die because of or after doing something characteristic of oneself, especially something that one enjoyed doing.]
v
Alternative form of die the way one lived [(idiomatic) To die because of or after doing something characteristic of oneself, especially something that one enjoyed doing.]
v
Alternative form of die the way one lived [(idiomatic) To die because of or after doing something characteristic of oneself, especially something that one enjoyed doing.]
v
Alternative form of die the way one lived [(idiomatic) To die because of or after doing something characteristic of oneself, especially something that one enjoyed doing.]
v
(idiomatic) To die because of or after doing something characteristic of oneself, especially something that one enjoyed doing.
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(slang, dated) To commit suicide.
v
(intransitive, transitive) To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
v
To spend the rest of one's life a certain way.
v
(intransitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To direct one's course.
v
(intransitive, slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To bar, fend off, ward off.
v
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To deal a blow; hit out.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.
v
(dialectal, rare, obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) To lead.
v
To suffer the most as a result of a defeat; to be the most badly affected.
v
Synonym of get up on the wrong side of the bed
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To cease clinging to life; to die.
v
(archaic) Go to hell. (an angry dismissal)
v
Synonym of go bad (“become delinquent or criminal”)
v
(idiomatic) To be deprived of.
n
(Britain) Good riddance, a suitable dismissal or disposal of something worthless or harmful.
v
(vulgar, idiomatic) Synonym of grow a pair
v
(US, colloquial) To die.
v
(informal, idiomatic) To die.
v
To be in an unfinished condition; to be left incomplete.
v
(idiomatic) To not allow; to forbid.
n
(by extension) a promotion or delegation which is likely to end in failure or ignominy; a poisoned chalice
adj
(idiomatic) In trouble.
v
(intransitive, chiefly humorous, euphemistic) To die.
v
Synonym of go over to the majority (“to die”)
v
(idiomatic) To die or be close to death.
v
To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
v
(transitive with for) (literary) To give one's life (for), to die (for).
v
Alternative form of let the grass grow under one's feet [(idiomatic) To dally; to fail to make progress.]
v
To have to accept the consequences of one's own conduct.
v
(transitive, idiomatic, American football) To mislead by directing one's apparent attention away from one's true object of intent.
v
(idiomatic, euphemistic) To die or to pass into the afterlife.
v
(idiomatic, US) To repeatedly fail in one's gambles or efforts.
n
(UK, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) An apology; excuse.
v
To die as a result of a fatal choice or decision, or because of deep commitments.
v
(idiomatic) To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lie low.
v
(idiomatic, dismissal) To go away; get lost; go to hell.
v
(transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.
v
(idiomatic) To do or experience something exceedingly difficult or rare.
v
To destroy or greatly damage one's position in a game, in one's work or career, in one's financial or social position, etc.
v
To make a decision that dooms one to certain death.
v
To come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground.
v
Alternative form of take one's own life [To kill oneself; to commit suicide.]
v
Alternative form of take the l (“take a loss, in sports”) [(slang) To take the loss; to lose a game or competition.]
n
(idiomatic) A small and seemingly insignificant addition to a burden that renders it too much to bear; the small thing which causes failure, or causes inability or unwillingness to endure any more of something.
n
(idiomatic) Something that if allowed or accepted to a small degree would lead to systematic encroachment.
v
(intransitive) To fall or stumble.
v
(informal) To discover or understand something.
v
(idiomatic) To be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased.
v
(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to indicate a curfew, or the time by which one must depart.
v
(transitive, by extension) To place (someone) at a tactical disadvantage.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To agree with someone, often sarcastically.
v
(archaic, idiomatic) For a person, to die.
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