pop one's clogs

pop one's clogs

English

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Verb

pop one's clogs (third-person singular simple present pops one's clogs, present participle popping one's clogs, simple past and past participle popped one's clogs)

1. (Britain, slang) To die.

   The old man has finally popped his clogs.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:die
• kick the bucket

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2023), “pop one's clogs v.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang