drop dead
Example Sentences
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Brooker adds: "I'll find out when it stops if I drop dead or people stop watching."
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025
“That’s what I’m working towards, and if I drop dead at the end of it, I’ll die a happy man.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025
If Elon Musk were to drop dead tomorrow, the damage to Tesla’s share price would be unfathomable, because companies and also dumb crypto tokens get much more valuable when Musk breathes on them.
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2024
Activision has applied to intervene in Microsoft's appeal against the CMA's decision, saying that the planned deal has a "drop dead" date of July 18.
From Reuters • May 30, 2023
In Milagro, waiting for Amarante Cordova to drop dead became like waiting for one of those huge sneezes that just refuses to come.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
