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dead and buried

1. Lit. dead and interred, and soon to be forgotten. Now that Uncle Bill is dead and buried, we can read his will.

2. Fig. gone forever. That kind of old-fashioned thinking is dead and buried.

See also: and, bury, dead

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"Oh, centuries and centuries; so long," she said, "that I'm sure I'm dead and buried, and this dear old place is heaven;" which, for reasons he could not define, struck Newland Archer as an even more disrespectful way of describing New York society. The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context Peter saw piles of yellow and musty account-books, in parchment covers, wherein creditors, long dead and buried, had written the names of dead and buried debtors in ink now so faded that their moss-grown tombstones were more legible. From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context I would rather be dead and buried when the time comes for you to despise me, so that it may never be known to me that you despised me. Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context			day day after day day and night day by day day in and day out day in, day out day late and a dollar short day of reckoning day off day one day person day-to-day day-tripper daydream about daylight daylight robbery days days are numbered days on end days running de facto de rigeur de trop dead dead ahead dead and buried dead and gone dead as a dodo dead as a doornail dead broke dead cat on the line dead center dead certain dead drunk dead duck dead easy dead from the neck up dead giveaway dead in or an animal's tracks dead in the water dead letter dead loss dead meat Dead men tell no tales dead of winter dead on dead on arrival dead on feet dead serious dead set against dead to rights			Deactivation and Decommissioning and Facility Engineering Deactivation and Decommissioning Focus Area Deactivation to Remove the Hazardous Characteristic Deactivation, Decontamination, Decomissioning deactivations deactivations deactivator deactivator deactivator Deactivators Deactivators deacylase deacylation dead dead dead dead dead dead dead Dead Account Dead Accounts Dead after Purchase dead ahead dead ahead dead ahead dead air dead air Dead Air (novel) Dead Air (novel) dead and buried dead and gone Dead and live loads Dead and live loads Dead and live loads Dead angle dead animal dead animal disposal Dead Animal Response Team dead area Dead arm Dead arm Dead Arm Syndrome dead as a dodo dead as a dodo dead as a dodo dead as a doornail dead as a doornail dead as a doornail dead as mutton dead as mutton dead as mutton dead as the dodo dead as the dodo Dead Asset Dead Assets dead astern Dead At Keyboard Dead At The Scene dead axle dead axle

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