pops off

verb

present tense third-person singular of pop off
as in dies
to stop living he didn't pop off until the ripe old age of 102

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Recent Examples of pops off Williams pops off Williams scored 10 early points, knocking down a few 3-pointers and dropping in a layup to get the crowd going, and then canning a smooth midrange shot to get up to double figures within five minutes. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 May 2026 The faceplate pops off to reveal a rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack and a setup button. — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026 If Akira Schmid randomly pops off, things could get interesting. — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026 One, filmed near the berm, shows dozens of bodies on the ground and fighters with RSF insignia walking among them as vehicles burn nearby and sporadic gunfire pops off in the background. — Sara Monetta, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025 Nearly a decade later, the arm of three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes still pops off the film. — Sam McDowell 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025 This is the week where conversations turn flirty, your writing or content pops off, and even casual chats feel charged with charm. — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 12 Oct. 2025 Jones is terrific as a young woman forced to grow up much too soon, who is running out of patience having to constantly clean up her uncle’s many messes, and McShane pops off the screen in a smaller role as a character whose anger is even less controlled than Robbie’s. — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pops off
  1. dies
  2. falls
  3. passes away
  4. kicks off
  5. perishes
  6. succumbs
Verb
  • Five-Star Weekend, a Peacock series out July 9, is about a food influencer Hollis Shaw (Jennifer Garner) who is in need of a new kind of nourishment after her husband Matthew (Josh Hamilton) dies suddenly in a car accident.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026
  • What’s more, thinning the DRAM dies by two-thirds to 100 µm would allow a MOSAIC cube to integrate 294 dies in the same volume, reaching 882 GB, Mitarai said.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026
Definition of dies
Verb
  • The investigators ask whether this discovery falls within the scope of her project.
    — Rhoda Feng, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Your body temperature typically rises throughout the morning and afternoon, peaks in the evening, and then falls late at night.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
Definition of falls
Verb
  • Also, after your parent passes away, the account would legally be yours.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 15 May 2026
  • Most Social Security payments fund retirement and related benefits, providing monthly income to eligible workers and certain family members, as well as survivor benefits for families after a worker passes away.
    — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of passes away
Verb
  • Tadej Pogačar will start his quest for a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title when the race kicks off in neighboring Spain on Saturday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • This year’s final Edinburgh kicks off in around two months and its keynote MacTaggart lecture will be delivered by YouTube EMEA boss Pedro Pina.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 June 2026
Definition of kicks off
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  • In The Children, sister and brother Guinevere and Ennis grow up under the shadow of their mother, Edith Sharpe, whose Ninth City children’s book series transfixes the world until Edith perishes in a mysterious fire in Vermont.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
  • Every soldier Harry would have saved on a transport during the war perishes too.
    — Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025
Definition of perishes
Verb
  • With three days to go before Krypto succumbs to the slow-acting agent, Supergirl sets out on a cosmic adventure to retrieve the antidote, confronting her emotional trauma along the way.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • If someone succumbs to the heat, promptly relocate them to a cool, shaded location.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
Definition of succumbs

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“Pops off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pops%20off. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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