(one's) last resting place

(one's) last resting place

The location where one's body is interred after death. After I die, I want my ashes to be buried with the seed of an oak, so that instead of a headstone, I might have a new, living tree mark my last resting place. Most of my relatives' last resting place is the family plot at the cemetery. A: "Where did Uncle Ted want his last resting place to be?" B: "Well, he actually wanted his ashes to be scattered over the ocean."

See also: last, place, resting

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one's last resting place

Euph. one's grave. Daddy has gone to his last resting place. I want to be beside her in her last resting place. One's luck runs Out Fig. one's good luck stops. My luck ran out, so I had to come home. She will quit gambling when her luck runs out.

See also: last, place, resting

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