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buys the big one

buys the big one is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is buys the big one the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Buys the big one is the third-person singular simple present indicative of buy the big one.

Words near buys the big one in the dictionary

  1. buys out
  2. buys out from under
  3. buys over
  4. buys some time
  5. buys straw hats in winter
  6. buys the big one
  7. buys the dip
  8. buys the dips
  9. buys the rabbit
  10. buys the rack
  11. buys the rumor

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