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off the face of the earth

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off the face of the earth
completely gone. I enjoy boxing but wouldn't miss it if it dropped off the face of the earth tomorrow.
Usage notes: most often used with the verbs drop, disappear, and wipe
See also: earth, face

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The office will have vanished off the face of the earth.
We've a small army looking for the fellow, but it does seem as though he had disappeared off the face of the earth.
Mark were brought to Venice, the city could never rise to high distinction among the nations; that the body must be captured, brought to the city, and a magnificent church built over it; and that if ever the Venetians allowed the Saint to be removed from his new resting-place, in that day Venice would perish from off the face of the earth.
 
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