join the choir invisible
English
Etymology
From a poem by George Eliot, O May I Join the Choir Invisible.
Verb
join the choir invisible (third-person singular simple present joins the choir invisible, present participle joining the choir invisible, simple past and past participle joined the choir invisible)
- (intransitive, chiefly humorous, euphemistic) To die.
- 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 30:
- Made me wonder whether I should invest in a portable MRI unit to monitor birds about to join the choir invisible for any signs of brain activity.
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