snuff it
Kick the bucket
Snuff it is British slang meaning to die: Poor old George finally snuffed it.
The expression likely comes from snuffing out a candle—extinguishing the flame of life.
It's informal and often used with dark humor or matter-of-fact bluntness rather than solemnity.
Slang for dying
- croakHarsh guttural sound
- buy the farmExpire, in slang
- bite the dustFail or perish utterly
- cash in one's chipsTo die
give up the ghost · check out · go belly up · peg out · conk out · turn up one's toes · push up daisies · drop dead
Cessation of existence
pass away · depart · croak · flatline · collapse · fall · extinguish · terminate
Euphemism for dying
- passed onDied or transferred
- departedHaving left
- goneNo longer present
- crossed overWent to the other side
at peace · eternal rest · rest in peace · no longer with us · lost · taken · gone to glory · sleeping
kick the bucket
Slang for dying
- croakHarsh guttural sound
- buy the farmExpire, in slang
- bite the dustFail or perish utterly
cash in one's chips · give up the ghost · check out · go belly up · peg out · conk out · turn up one's toes · push up daisies · drop dead · meet one's maker
demise
Cessation of existence
succumb · pass away · depart · croak · flatline · collapse · fall · extinguish · terminate · end
pass away
Euphemism for dying
crossed over · at peace · eternal rest · rest in peace · no longer with us · lost · taken · gone to glory · sleeping · at rest
snuff itlive
To exist or dwell
survive · be born · come into the world · come to life · draw breath
snuff itsurvive
Continue to exist
pull through · make it · scrape through · cheat death · beat the odds