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slept with the fishes

slept with the fishes is the simple past and past participle 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 slept with the fishes

What is slept with the fishes the simple past and past participle of?
Slept with the fishes is the simple past and past participle of sleep with the fishes.

Words near slept with the fishes in the dictionary

  1. slept rough
  2. slept together
  3. slept with
  4. slept with one eye open
  5. slept with one's fathers
  6. slept with the fishes
  7. slept-in
  8. sleptest
  9. slepton
  10. sleptonic
  11. sleptons

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