Cash In One's Chips (Verb)

Meaning

Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "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".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Examples

• He cashed in his chips on his 80th birthday, surrounded by friends and family at the hospital.
• When her illness worsened, the elderly lady knew it was time to cash in her chips and accept her fate.
• After a long battle, he finally cashed in his chips, but his legacy will live on through his charitable work.
• She lived life to the fullest until the very end, when she cashed in her chips peacefully in her sleep.
• Years of smoking and drinking eventually caught up to him, and he cashed in his chips in his mid-50s.

Synonyms

• Pop Off
• Croak
• Die
• Pass
• Expire
• Decease
• Perish
• Conk
• Choke
• Buy The Farm
• Exit
• Drop Dead
• Pass Away
• Go
• Give-up The Ghost
• Kick The Bucket
• Snuff It

Hypernyms

• Change State
• Turn

Hyponyms

• Buy It
• Stifle
• Predecease
• Abort
• Fall
• Asphyxiate
• Drown
• Pip Out
• Starve
• Succumb
• Suffocate
• Yield
• Famish