met their maker

Ceased to exist

Met their maker means died, with the implication of facing God or a divine judge after death.

The phrase carries a slightly old-fashioned or darkly humorous tone: The old gunslinger finally met his maker.

It can suggest someone got what was coming to them: The villain met his maker in the final act.

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perished · expired · gave up the ghost · gone · heaven · went to glory · afterlife · great beyond · judgment · death · funeral · coffin · grave · eternal · soul · creator · God · called home

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life status

met their makeralive

Having current existence

living · alive and well · alive and kicking · surviving · breathing

temporal journey

met their makerborn

Brought into life

came into being · came to be · saw the light of day · incarnated

Family

meeting, meetings, their, theirs, maker, makers, make, makes, making

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG