ring down the curtain

Meaning

  1. To end something.
  2. To mark the end of something.

Synonyms

snuff it
buy the farm
choke
C1
conk
47k
croak
C2
decease
demise
C2
die
A1
💀
drop dead
exit
B2
expire
22k

cash in one’s chips

go
A1
kick the bucket
pass
A2
pass away
pass on
perish
C1
pop off
join the choir invisible

give-up the ghost

cease to be

go to meet ones maker

roll over
wite
give up the ghost

ring down the curtain on

bite the dust
succumb
21k
underlie
vanish
C1
Translations

verrecken
entschlafen
abkratzen
abnippeln
💀
verscheiden
💀
versterben
💀
den Geist aufgeben
den Löffel abgeben
💀
draufgehen
heimgehen
ins Gras beißen

dahinscheiden

sterben
💀

das Zeitliche segnen

πεθαίνω

Etymology

In reference to ringing a bell to end a performance. See ring up the curtain.

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