up and die

Example Sentences

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“Horses flare up and die down, flare up and die down,” said Lau.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

"If I don't forgive, I'll shrivel up and die," she told me.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2024

But add too little water, and the vines shrivel up and die, or the berries don't grow to full maturity.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2022

There was a sense among many that they couldn’t sit around and watch their investments and their businesses just shrivel up and die.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2021

She wasn’t expecting me that night, but same way you can’t always expect someone to just up and die and leave this world, I jumped right into it a whole month early.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender