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fall off one's perch

fall off one's perch verb: to die.

Verb

fall off one's perch (third-person singular simple present falls off one's perch, present participle falling off one's perch, simple past fell off one's perch, past participle fallen off one's perch)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To die.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall off, perch.

Forms of fall off one's perch

third-person singular presentfalls off one's perch
present participlefalling off one's perch
pastfell off one's perch
past participlefallen off one's perch

Questions about fall off one's perch

What does fall off one's perch mean?
Fall off one's perch means to die.
What part of speech is fall off one's perch?
Fall off one's perch is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall off one's perch?
The past tense of fall off one's perch is fell off one's perch.

Words near fall off one's perch in the dictionary

  1. fall of wicket
  2. fall off
  3. fall off a cliff
  4. fall off a truck
  5. fall off one's chair
  6. fall off one's perch
  7. fall off the back of a lorry
  8. fall off the back of a truck
  9. fall off the cliff
  10. fall off the radar
  11. fall off the turnip truck

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