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meeting one's maker

meeting one's maker is the present participle and gerund of meet one's maker.

Meaning of meet one's maker

Verb

meet one's maker (third-person singular simple present meets one's maker, present participle meeting one's maker, simple past and past participle met one's maker)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To die or to pass into the afterlife.
    • On the gallows high he has met his Maker...Your victim waits for you to meet your Maker1871, Unknown (Execution ballad), “Execution of Frederick Baker.”, in Curiosities of Street Literature, Comprising "cocks," Or "catch Pennies", page 205

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What is meeting one's maker the present participle and gerund of?
Meeting one's maker is the present participle and gerund of meet one's maker.

Words near meeting one's maker in the dictionary

  1. meeting houses
  2. Meeting Lake
  3. meeting of minds
  4. meeting of the mindless
  5. meeting of the minds
  6. meeting one's maker
  7. meeting one's match
  8. meeting one's Waterloo
  9. meeting place
  10. meeting places
  11. meeting recovery syndrome

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