up and die
Example Sentences
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“Horses flare up and die down, flare up and die down,” said Lau.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Anybody who feels that way, you don't have to just roll up and die, man.
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2025
"If I don't forgive, I'll shrivel up and die," she told me.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2024
There was a sense among many that they couldn’t sit around and watch their investments and their businesses just shrivel up and die.
From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2021
Other times a fish will give up and die right away, if the barb got buried deep enough.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
