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Definitions

kick the bucket

VERB
die
Synonyms
WEAK
bite the dust buy the farm cash in one's chips cease living croak expire go belly up go to the wall go west meet one's maker pass away pass on shove off succumb

Example Sentences

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I’d still like to visit Asia at least once, maybe twice, before I kick the bucket, for example.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

"Win a cup before I kick the bucket."

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

So yes, of course, Hastings wants linear TV to kick the bucket.

From The Verge • Jul. 19, 2022

“It’s sacrosanct,” she said, adding that she believed her stepsons and their mother were hoping to drag out court proceedings “until I kick the bucket or something.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2022

I’m betting it’s charity work, or maybe he’s been secretly chatting with Aimee and arranging a meet-up so she and I can make things right before I kick the bucket.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.