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sleeps with the fishes

sleeps with the fishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sleep with the fishes.

Meaning of sleep with the fishes

Verb

sleep with the fishes (third-person singular simple present sleeps with the fishes, present participle sleeping with the fishes, simple past and past participle slept with the fishes)

  1. (idiomatic) To be dead, with one's corpse disposed of in a body of water.
    • The porter […] opened his sack, and pitched the corpse into the river, and ran back to receive the rest of his pay “ It is done,” said he, laughing ; “ Your man sleeps with the fishes of the Tigris by this time […]”1833 March, “The Three Humpbacks ; or, the Bridge of Bagdad”, in The Lady's Magazine and Museum, page 105

Questions about sleeps with the fishes

What is sleeps with the fishes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sleeps with the fishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sleep with the fishes.

Words near sleeps with the fishes in the dictionary

  1. sleeps rough
  2. sleeps together
  3. sleeps with
  4. sleeps with one eye open
  5. sleeps with one's fathers
  6. sleeps with the fishes
  7. sleepsack
  8. sleepsacks
  9. sleepshirt
  10. sleepshirts
  11. sleepsuit

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