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dying like flies

dying like flies is the present participle and gerund of die like flies.

Meaning of die like flies

Verb

die like flies (third-person singular simple present dies like flies, present participle dying like flies, simple past and past participle died like flies)

  1. Synonym of drop like flies.
    • They must have been dying like flies here.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 196
    Synonyms:
    drop like flies

Questions about dying like flies

What is dying like flies the present participle and gerund of?
Dying like flies is the present participle and gerund of die like flies.

Words near dying like flies in the dictionary

  1. dying in the wool
  2. dying just how one lived
  3. dying just like one lived
  4. dying just the way one lived
  5. dying laughing
  6. dying like flies
  7. dying like one lived
  8. dying off
  9. dying on
  10. dying on one's arse
  11. dying on the vine

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