kick the bucket

Example Sentences

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Madame Ionesco swung her legs until they kicked the bucket, so to speak.

From Literature

"Win a cup before I kick the bucket."

From BBC

"They all thought I was going to kick the bucket, but I won the sweepstake down the golf club."

From BBC

Stocklin didn’t want to kick the bucket without fulfilling his dream of racing hydroplanes.

From Seattle Times

"I suspect my publishers, they're delightful people, but I think they wanted to get it out in a hurry just in case I kicked the bucket before it was time to release the thing."

From BBC