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die on the vine

die on the vine verb: to fail at an early stage or never come to fruition, typically due to neglect, infeasibility, or lack of resources.

Verb

die on the vine (third-person singular simple present dies on the vine, present participle dying on the vine, simple past and past participle died on the vine)

  1. (idiomatic) To fail at an early stage or never come to fruition, typically due to neglect, infeasibility, or lack of resources.
    • His ambitious plan to build a flying car died on the vine.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see die, on, the, vine.

Synonyms of die on the vine

Forms of die on the vine

third-person singular presentdies on the vine
present participledying on the vine
past participledied on the vine
pastdied on the vine

Questions about die on the vine

What does die on the vine mean?
Die on the vine means to fail at an early stage or never come to fruition, typically due to neglect, infeasibility, or lack of resources.
What part of speech is die on the vine?
Die on the vine is a verb.
What is the past tense of die on the vine?
The past tense of die on the vine is died on the vine.

Words near die on the vine in the dictionary

  1. die like flies
  2. die like one lived
  3. die off
  4. die on
  5. die on one's arse
  6. die on the vine
  7. die out
  8. die plate
  9. die plates
  10. die roaring
  11. die roaring for a priest

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