buy the big one

Verb

buy the big one (third-person singular simple present buys the big one, present participle buying the big one, simple past and past participle bought the big one)

1. (slang) To die.
   • "but it was my partner, Porter Forge, who threw me his SIG so I could shoot him. Otherwise I would have died in the line of duty." "But it was Savich who bought the big one," Petty said.1998, Catherine Coulter, The Maze, Penguin, →ISBN, page 14
   • "Frita is dead!"
     "Dead?" Despair whispered as his empty eyes fell open.
     "Dead, died, defunct, over and out, bought the big one, kicked bucket, the last hurrah, regards to Broadway, pushing up daisies, renting dirt space, cashing in her chips and tuning up her harp."2003, Dexter C. Herron, Knight of Chaos, Author House, →ISBN, page 194

   Synonyms:

   bite the big one, assume room temperature, auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be like the the One, be no more, be with Jesus, be with the Lord, bite the biscuit