verb
Meaning 1
Synonym of die.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: die
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
fall off the twig
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History
Etymology
Compare hop the twig (“to run away, to pass on”), originally in reference to a bird avoiding hunters by leaping to another branch.