drops dead
Falls down lifeless
Drops dead means to die suddenly and unexpectedly, typically from natural causes like a heart attack: He just dropped dead in the middle of the meeting.
The phrase emphasizes the abruptness—no warning, no illness, just instant death.
In the imperative, drop dead is a hostile dismissal telling someone to go away or expressing contempt: You want me to apologize? Drop dead.
- on the spotImmediately, without preparation
- deceaseEnd of life
- succumbYield to pressure
- perishCease to exist
- fallsDescends or declines
demise · expire · keel over · collapse · death · pass away · croaks · gives up the ghost · terminate · cardiac arrest · end · flatlines · stone cold · kicks the bucket · bought the farm · dies · cessation · fatality
drops deadfades away
Gradually ceases to exist
wastes away · lingers · withers · deteriorates · goes downhill
drops deadrevives
Restores vigor or consciousness
resurrects · rises from the dead · lives · survives · thrives
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