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buying the big one

buying the big one is the present participle and gerund of buy the big one.

Meaning of 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
    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

Questions about buying the big one

What is buying the big one the present participle and gerund of?
Buying the big one is the present participle and gerund of buy the big one.

Words near buying the big one in the dictionary

  1. buying powers
  2. buying some time
  3. buying straw hats in winter
  4. buying temperature
  5. buying temperatures
  6. buying the big one
  7. buying the dip
  8. buying the dips
  9. buying the rabbit
  10. buying the rack
  11. buying the rumor

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