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popped one's clogs

popped one's clogs is the simple past and past participle of pop one's clogs.

Meaning of pop one's clogs

Verb

pop one's clogs (third-person singular simple present pops one's clogs, present participle popping one's clogs, simple past and past participle popped one's clogs)

  1. (UK, slang) To die.
    • The old man has finally popped his clogs.
    Synonyms:
    die, kick the bucket

Questions about popped one's clogs

What is popped one's clogs the simple past and past participle of?
Popped one's clogs is the simple past and past participle of pop one's clogs.

Words near popped one's clogs in the dictionary

  1. popped down
  2. popped for
  3. popped in
  4. popped off
  5. popped on
  6. popped one's clogs
  7. popped one's cork
  8. popped out
  9. popped pills
  10. popped smoke
  11. popped someone's balloon

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