end (one's) days
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To spend one's final days (in a particular way or place). I've already told my kids that I don’t want to end my days in a nursing home.
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So here I shall end my days; and I must say, Dorothy, my dear, that you are very foolish to go back into that stupid, humdrum world again."
Datchery, bowing, 'inspires me with a desire to know more of the city, and confirms me in my inclination to end my days in the city.'
Sabin said, rising slowly to his feet, and with a sudden intent look upon his face, "and if I were to be outwitted by such a novice as you I should deserve to end my days - in New York."
"If only they would let me end my days as I want to," thought the old man, "then they might do as they please." With his son, however, he employed the diplomacy he reserved for important occasions and, adopting a quiet tone, discussed the whole matter.
"If I had my will I should never go forth, but should end my days here in Beaulieu.
'the gentleman and that dear lady, told me to-night of a home in some foreign country where I could end my days in solitude and peace.
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