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meets one's maker

meets one's maker is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 meets one's maker the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Meets one's maker is the third-person singular simple present indicative of meet one's maker.

Words near meets one's maker in the dictionary

  1. meetnesses
  2. meets
  3. meets a sticky end
  4. meets cute
  5. meets halfway
  6. meets one's maker
  7. meets one's match
  8. meets one's Waterloo
  9. meets someone where they are
  10. meets up
  11. meets with

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