Kick The Bucket (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
- After a long battle with illness, he finally kicked the bucket, leaving his family in grief.
- She kicked the bucket in her sleep, peacefully and without pain.
- The elderly woman kicked the bucket just a few weeks before her 100th birthday celebration.
- It's said that he kicked the bucket doing what he loved – riding his motorcycle across the country.
- At 80 years old, he lived a long and fulfilling life before he kicked the bucket surrounded by his loved ones.
Synonyms
- Pop Off
- Croak
- Die
- Pass
- Expire
- Decease
- Cash In One's Chips
- Perish
- Conk
- Choke
- Buy The Farm
- Exit
- Drop Dead
- Pass Away
- Go
- Give-up The Ghost
- Snuff It