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- die in boots
die in boots
die in one's boots
and die with one's boots onFig. to go down fighting; to die in some fashion other than in bed; to die fighting. (Popularized by western movies. Heroes and villains of these movies said they preferred death in a gunfight to showing cowardice or giving up.) I won't let him get me. I'll die in my boots. a gunfight to showing cowardice or giving up.) I won't let him get me. I'll die in my boots.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Pilvi | | PEEL-vee | Finnish |
Penelope | | [pi'neləpi] | |
Josceline | | JAHS-lin, JAHS-ə-lin | English (Rare) |
Gafar | | - | Arabic |
LourenÇO | | law-REN-soo (Portuguese), law-REN-soo (Brazilian Portuguese) | Portuguese |
Merete | | - | Danish |