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turn up one's toes

turn up one's toes verb: to die.

Verb

turn up one's toes (third-person singular simple present turns up one's toes, present participle turning up one's toes, simple past and past participle turned up one's toes)

  1. (Australia, colloquial, almost humorous) To die.

Synonyms of turn up one's toes

Forms of turn up one's toes

third-person singular presentturns up one's toes
present participleturning up one's toes
past participleturned up one's toes
pastturned up one's toes

Questions about turn up one's toes

What does turn up one's toes mean?
Turn up one's toes means to die.
What part of speech is turn up one's toes?
Turn up one's toes is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn up one's toes?
The past tense of turn up one's toes is turned up one's toes.

Words near turn up one's toes in the dictionary

  1. turn up
  2. turn up for the book
  3. turn up for the books
  4. turn up missing
  5. turn up one's nose
  6. turn up one's toes
  7. turn up the heat
  8. turn up the volume on
  9. turn up trumps
  10. turn upon
  11. turn ups

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