Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To act with sufficient urgency to result in either immediate success or immediate failure.

Examples

424 sentences

  1. If you don't eat, you die.

    Якщо не їсти, то помреш. — aandrusiak

    ruЕсли не будете есть, вы умрёте. — OlegDudin

    deWenn man nicht isst, stirbt man. — MUIRIEL

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  2. I don't want Tom to die.

    Я не хочу, щоб Том помирав. — deniko

    ruЯ не хочу, чтобы Том умер. — paul_lingvo

    deIch will nicht, dass Tom stirbt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. I don't want you to die.

    Я не хочу, щоб ти помер. — deniko

    ruЯ не хочу, чтобы ты умер. — Olya

    deIch will nicht, dass du stirbst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I didn't want Tom to die.

    Я не хотів, щоб Том помер. — deniko

    ruЯ не хотел смерти Тома. — odexed

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  5. I don't want to die here.

    Я не хочу тут помирати. — deniko

    ruЯ не хочу умереть здесь. — marafon

    deIch will hier nicht sterben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

An ultimatory verbal phrase composed of the words: do, or, and die.

An ultimatory verbal phrase composed of the words: do, or, and die.

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Forms

does or dies, doing or dying, did or died, done or died
Base formdo or die · to do or die
3rd person singulardoes or dies
Present participledoing or dying
Past simpledid or died
Past participledone or died

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydo or die
he, she, itdoes or dies

Past simpleLesson

all personsdid or died

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave done or died
he, she, ithas done or died

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill do or die

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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