meet (one's) maker

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meet (one's) maker

To die. Please stop speeding, I don't want to meet my maker today!

meet your maker

die. humorous or euphemistic

This expression alludes to the Christian belief that, after death, the soul goes to be judged by God, its creator.

meet your ˈMaker

(especially humorous) die: The car was out of control. There was nothing I could do except prepare to meet my maker!

See also: maker, meet

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Lowenstein also details the occasional Buffett misstep, such as his decision in the early seventies to invest money in an obscure new magazine called The Washington Monthly--an investment that may earn him a few chits when he meets his maker, but one that stubbornly refuses to yield him an earthly return.