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push up the daisies

push up the daisies is the alternative form of push up daisies.

Meaning of push up daisies

Verb

push up daisies (third-person singular simple present pushes up daisies, present participle pushing up daisies, simple past and past participle pushed up daisies)

  1. (euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic) To be dead.

Forms of push up the daisies

third-person singular presentpushes up the daisies
present participlepushing up the daisies
past participlepushed up the daisies
pastpushed up the daisies

Questions about push up the daisies

What is push up the daisies the alternative form of?
Push up the daisies is the alternative form of push up daisies.

Words near push up the daisies in the dictionary

  1. push under
  2. push up
  3. push up against
  4. push up daisies
  5. push up on
  6. push up the daisies
  7. push water uphill
  8. push wood
  9. push-and-pull
  10. push-back
  11. push-backs

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