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pushing up daisies

pushing up daisies is the present participle and gerund 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.

Adjective

pushing up daisies (not comparable)

  1. (euphemistic, humorous) Dead.

Synonyms of pushing up daisies

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Forms of pushing up daisies

alternative formpushing daisies
alternative formpushing up the daisies

Questions about pushing up daisies

What does pushing up daisies mean?
Pushing up daisies means dead.
What is pushing up daisies the present participle and gerund of?
Pushing up daisies is the present participle and gerund of push up daisies.
What part of speech is pushing up daisies?
Pushing up daisies is an adjective.

Words near pushing up daisies in the dictionary

  1. pushing through
  2. pushing together
  3. pushing under
  4. pushing up
  5. pushing up against
  6. pushing up daisies
  7. pushing up on
  8. pushing up the daisies
  9. pushing water uphill
  10. pushing wood
  11. pushing-jack

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