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someone's number is up

someone's number is up phrase: it is someone's time to die, or to undergo some other difficult experience.

Phrase

someone's number is up

  1. (informal) It is someone's time to die, or to undergo some other difficult experience.
    • Even in this hopeless situation, I don't feel like my number's up. I have to reach the next level, get closer to her. I don't have time to play with the monsters down here. I'm in the eye of a storm of howls and roars, but I'm different[…]2014 December 16, Fujino Omori, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 1 (light novel), Yen Press LLC, →ISBN
    • So I just thought, well, my number's up. I'm going to get some stupid assignment that nobody wants.2012 July 3, DW Gibson, Not Working: People Talk About Losing a Job and Finding Their Way in Today's Changing Economy, Penguin, →ISBN

Questions about someone's number is up

What does someone's number is up mean?
Someone's number is up means it is someone's time to die, or to undergo some other difficult experience.
What part of speech is someone's number is up?
Someone's number is up is a phrase.

Words near someone's number is up in the dictionary

  1. someone's headlights are on
  2. someone's heart goes out
  3. someone's heart is in
  4. someone's jaw dropped
  5. someone's luck is in
  6. someone's number is up
  7. someone's star falls
  8. someones
  9. somepin
  10. someplace
  11. someplace else

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