Meaning & use
bucket list
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A list of experiences, goals, or achievements a person hopes to accomplish during their lifetime.
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Visiting Japan has been on my bucket list for years.
Skydiving was the last item left on his bucket list.
A note on using this word
The phrase comes from the idiom 'kick the bucket' (to die); a bucket list is what someone wants to do before that happens. It's normally written as two words, 'bucket list.'
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