verb
Meaning 1
To die.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, humorous, intransitive
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Meaning relationships
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Phrase guide
join the choir invisible
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History
Etymology
From a poem by George Eliot, "O May I Join the Choir Invisible" (1867), further popularized by the "Dead Parrot" sketch (1969) from Monty Python's Flying Circus.