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kicking the bucket
phrase
present participle of kick the bucket
Synonyms & Antonyms of kicking the bucket
to stop living
- He had things he wanted to accomplished before he kicked the bucket.
Synonyms for kicking the bucket
- checking out,
- conking (out),
- croaking
- [slang],
- deceasing,
- demising,
- departing,
- dropping,
- dying,
- ending,
- exiting,
- expiring,
- falling,
- flatlining,
- going,
- kicking in
- [slang],
- kicking off
- [slang],
- parting,
- passing away,
- passing (on),
- pegging out
- [chiefly British],
- perishing,
- popping off,
- stepping out,
- succumbing
Words Related to kicking the bucket
Phrases Synonymous with kicking the bucket
- biting the dust,
- buying it
- (or buying the farm),
- giving up the ghost,
- snuffing it
- [British]
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“Kicking the bucket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicking%20the%20bucket. Accessed 9 Aug. 2022.
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