die : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- Cutting die
- die away
- die back
- die down
- die hard
- die off
- die out
- die-cast
- die-hard
- die-sinker
- dies irae
- dies juridicus
- dies non
- do-or-die
- live-and-die
- never-say-die
- sine die
- The die is cast
- To die game
- To die in harness
- To die in the last ditch
- To die in the pain
- To die out
To turn the die ∨dice - tool-and-die work
Cutting die
(Mech.) , a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather, cloth, paper, etc.
Webster 1913
die away
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verb become less in amount or intensity
slack off; slack; abate; let up.
- The storm abated
- The rain let up after a few hours
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die back
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verb suffer from a disease that kills shoots
die back.
- The plants near the garage are dying back
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die down
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verb suffer from a disease that kills shoots
die back.
- The plants near the garage are dying back
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verb become progressively weaker
- the laughter died down
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die hard
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verb continue to exist
run; prevail; endure; persist.
- These stories die hard
- The legend of Elvis endures
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die off
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verb become extinct
die off.
- Dinosaurs died out
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die out
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verb become extinct
die off.
- Dinosaurs died out
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verb cut or shape with a die
die.
- Die out leather for belts
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die-cast
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adjective satellite formed by forcing molten metal into a die
- a die-cast seal
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die-hard
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adjective satellite tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated
rock-ribbed.
- an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative
- rock-ribbed republican
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die-sinker
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noun someone who makes dies
diesinker; diemaker.
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dies irae
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noun the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally `day of wrath')
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Di"es I"ræ
(Also<
- Dies Irae
- Dies Iræ
)
Definitions
Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous mediæval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment.
Webster 1913
dies juridicus
Di"es ju*rid"i*cus
Etymology
L.Wordforms
Definitions
(Law) A court day.
Webster 1913
dies non
Di"es non"
Etymology
L.Definitions
(Law) A day on which courts are not held, as Sunday or any legal holiday.
Webster 1913
do-or-die
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adjective satellite desperately determined
desperate.
- do-or-die revolutionaries
- a do-or-die conflict
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live-and-die
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noun prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
touch-me-not; sensitive plant; action plant; Mimosa pudica; humble plant; shame plant.
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never-say-die
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adjective satellite impossible to subdue
indomitable; unsubduable.
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sine die
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adverb without a date fixed (as of an adjournment)
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The die is cast
- the hazard must be run; the step is taken, and it is too late to draw back; the last chance is taken.
Webster 1913
To die game
- to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the last; to die fighting.
Webster 1913
To die in harness
- to die with armor on; hence, colloquially, to die while actively engaged in work or duty.
Webster 1913
To die in the last ditch
- to fight till death; to die rather than surrender.
"There is one certain way," replied the Prince [William of Orange] " by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin, I will die in the last ditch." Hume (Hist. of Eng. ).
Webster 1913
To die in the pain
- to be tortured to death. Obs. Chaucer.
Webster 1913
To die out
- to cease gradually; as, the prejudice has died out.
Webster 1913
To turn the die ∨ dice
- to change fortune.
Webster 1913
tool-and-die work
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noun the craft of making special tools and dies
