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die

in. to “perish” (figuratively) from laughter or some other emotionally intense response. The whole audience died laughing.

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• as straight as a die
• be as straight as a die
• Call no man happy till he dies
• Cowards die many times before their death
• cross my heart and hope to die
• curl up
• curl up and die
• die
• die a death
• die a natural death
• die away
• die back
• die behind the wheel
• die by
• die by own hand
• die down
• die for
• die for want of lobster sauce
• die hard
• die in
• die in boots
• die in harness
• die is cast
• die is cast, the
• die laughing
• die like Roland
• die of
• die of a broken heart
• die of boredom
• die of curiosity
• die of throat trouble
• die off
• die on
• die on someone
• die on the vine
• die out
• die to
• die with boots on
• die with one's boots on
• do or die
• Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
• fixing to die
• good die young
• hill to die on
• it's do or die
• it's to die
• just curl up and die
• lay down and die
• lie down and die
• Life’s a bitch, then you die
• Live by the sword, die by the sword
• Never say die
• Old habits die hard
• only the good die young
• ride or die
• ride-or-die chick
• Somebody died in here!
• the die is cast
• the rabbit died
• the tune the old cow died of
• those who live by the sword, die by the sword
• to die for
• want to curl up and die
• what did your last slave die of
• who died and left you in charge
• who died and made you boss
• Who died in here?
• Whom the gods love die young
• wither on the vine
• You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die
• Young men may die, but old men must die