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. The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			dialogue with diamond diamond in the rough diarrhea diarrhea of the mouth dibs dibs on dice dice with death dick dickens dicker with dictate to did did everything he could 'cept eat us diddle diddle out of diddle with diddly-squat didn't didn't care a whit didn't care too hard didn't exchange more than three words with didn't invent gunpowder die die a death die a natural death die away die back die behind the wheel die by die by own hand die down die for die hard die in die in boots die is cast die laughing die of die of a broken heart die of boredom die of curiosity die of throat trouble die off die on die out die with boots on differ differ about differ from			didymium didymolite Didymopanax Didymosporae Didymotheca cupressiformis didymous didymous didymous didymus didymus didymus didymus didymus Didymus Chalcenterus Didymus of Alexandria Didymus of Alexandria Didynamia Didynamian didynamous didynamous Didysis kunigaikstis die die die die die die Die (manufacturing) die 1 die 2 die a death die a natural death die adapter Die Alten Sprachen Im Unterricht Die alten, bösen Lieder Die and Mold Design and Manufacturing Die Another Day Die Ärzte Die Asta Die Attach Film die away die away die away Die Baader-Meinhof Gruppe/Red Army Faction die back die back die back die back die back Die Bahn die behind the wheel Diê Biên Phu Diê Biên Phu die blade die block die body Die Botschaft vom Kreuz Die Brcke Die Brucke Die Brücke Die Brücke (institute)

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