kick the bucket Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; conk; cash in one's chips.
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102