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die in a fire

die in a fire verb: go to hell! Go to the devil! Expression of anger and contemptuous dismissal directed at a person or idea.

Verb

die in a fire (third-person singular simple present dies in a fire, present participle dying in a fire, simple past and past participle died in a fire)

  1. (imperative, dismissal) Go to hell! Go to the devil! Expression of anger and contemptuous dismissal directed at a person or idea.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see die, in, fire.

Forms of die in a fire

third-person singular presentdies in a fire
present participledying in a fire
past participledied in a fire
pastdied in a fire

Words formed from die in a fire

Questions about die in a fire

What does die in a fire mean?
Die in a fire means go to hell! Go to the devil! Expression of anger and contemptuous dismissal directed at a person or idea.
What part of speech is die in a fire?
Die in a fire is a verb.
What is the past tense of die in a fire?
The past tense of die in a fire is died in a fire.

Words near die in a fire in the dictionary

  1. die down
  2. die grinder
  3. die grinders
  4. die hard
  5. die how one lived
  6. die in a fire
  7. die in harness
  8. die in one's shoes
  9. die in the arse
  10. die in the ass
  11. die in the last ditch

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