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toes up

toes up adjective: of a person, dead or killed.

Adjective

toes up (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) Of a person, dead or killed.
    • Groves, of the Forty-sixth, is gone "toes up".1862, Charles James Lever, Davenport Dunn, page 119
  2. (idiomatic, slang) Broken, completely failed so as to become inactive.
    • The land deals in Tokyo've gone toes up since the bubble burst, but the landlord's still trying to push through a deal with a developer.2005, Mo Hayder, The devil of Nanking, page 42

toes up meaning in Bengali

toes up in Bengali

মৃত, নিহত ব্যক্তি সম্পর্কে, অকেজো

Forms of toes up

alternative formtoes-up

Origin of toes up

From toes + up, in reference to a corpse lying on its back.

Questions about toes up

What does toes up mean?
Toes up means of a person, dead or killed.
What is toes up in Bengali?
Toes up in Bengali is মৃত, নিহত ব্যক্তি সম্পর্কে, অকেজো. See Toes up meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is toes up?
Toes up is an adjective.

Words near toes up in the dictionary

  1. toes out
  2. toes the line
  3. toes the mark
  4. toes the plank
  5. toes the rubber
  6. toes up
  7. toes-up
  8. toesa
  9. toeses
  10. toesful
  11. toeshoe

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