D
Idioms beginning with "D"
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[die]
See:
[CROSS ONE'S HEART] or [CROSS ONE'S HEART AND HOPE TO DIE],
[DO-OR-DIE],
[NEVER SAY DIE].
[die away] or [die down] {v.}
To come slowly to an end; grow slowly less or weaker.
The wind died down.
The music died away.
He waited until the excitement had died down.
His mother's anger died away.
[die in one's boots] or [die with one's boots on] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To be killed or hanged rather than die in bed.
The badmen of the Old West usually died in their boots.
The robber said he wanted to die with his boots on.
[die is cast] {v. phr.}, {literary}
To make an irrevocable decision. (From Julius Caesar's famous words in Latin, "alea iacta est", when he crossed the river Rubicon, which meant war.)
* /Everything was ready for the invasion of Europe, the die had been […]
[die off] {v.}
To die one at a time.
The flowers are dying off because there has been no rain.
[die on the vine] or [wither on the vine] {v. phr.}
To fail or collapse in the planning stages.
The program for rebuilding the city died on the vine.
[die out] {v.}
To die or disappear slowly until all gone.
This kind of bird is dying out.
If you pour salt water on grass, it dies out.
The American colonists started colleges so that learning would not die out.
[dig down] {v.}, {slang}
To spend your own money.
The school let the club use the bus and driver free for their trip, but they had to dig down to pay for gas and meals.
* /"So you broke Mrs. Brown's window?" Tom's father said, "You'll have to dig […]
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