Meaning & use

kick the bucket

phrase·Everyday

To die, used as an informal and often humorous idiom.

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Grandpa jokes that he plans to travel the world before he kicks the bucket.

The old car finally kicked the bucket after two hundred thousand miles.

A note on using this word

This idiom is very informal and can sound flippant, so it is best avoided when discussing someone's actual death.

Words with a similar meaning

pass awaydieperish

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