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met one's maker

met one's maker is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about met one's maker

What is met one's maker the simple past and past participle of?
Met one's maker is the simple past and past participle of meet one's maker.

Words near met one's maker in the dictionary

  1. met a sticky end
  2. met cute
  3. met halfway
  4. met mitzvah
  5. Met Office
  6. met one's maker
  7. met one's match
  8. met one's Waterloo
  9. met someone where they were
  10. met tet
  11. met up

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