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die a death

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die a death  (British) also die a natural death (American & Australian)
to fail and end The principle of free health care for everyone is likely to die a death in the next ten years. The play, like so many others, died a natural death after only one week.
See also: death, die


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I could not get around the fact that many of these other boats could rise faster than ours by the fact of their greater buoyancy, but I was none the less determined to reach the outer world far in advance of them or die a death of my own choosing in event of failure.
 
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