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suck the kumara

suck the kumara verb: to die.

Verb

suck the kumara (third-person singular simple present sucks the kumara, present participle sucking the kumara, simple past and past participle sucked the kumara)

  1. (New Zealand, idiomatic, slang) To die.

Synonyms of suck the kumara

Forms of suck the kumara

third-person singular presentsucks the kumara
present participlesucking the kumara
past participlesucked the kumara
pastsucked the kumara

Origin of suck the kumara

Presumably because both a buried corpse and a kumara (“sweet potato”) are found under the earth.

Questions about suck the kumara

What does suck the kumara mean?
Suck the kumara means to die.
What part of speech is suck the kumara?
Suck the kumara is a verb.
What is the past tense of suck the kumara?
The past tense of suck the kumara is sucked the kumara.

Words near suck the kumara in the dictionary

  1. suck outs
  2. suck rocks
  3. suck someone's cock
  4. suck someone's dick
  5. suck the air out of
  6. suck the kumara
  7. suck the monkey
  8. suck the mop
  9. suck the oxygen out of
  10. suck tits
  11. suck under

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