Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buy the big one

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.14 in modern English

Syllables: buy the big one
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To die.

Slang

Example Sentences

""but it was my partner, Porter Forge, who threw me his SIG so I could shoot him. Otherwise I would have died in the line of duty." "But it was Savich who bought the big one," Petty said."
""Frita is dead!" "Dead?" Despair whispered as his empty eyes fell open. "Dead, died, defunct, over and out, bought the big one, kicked bucket, the last hurrah, regards to Broadway, pushing up daisies, renting dirt space, cashing in her chips and tuning up her harp.""
"The impact threw the passengers "hard forward" and the cabin filled with choking, blinding smoke. "I thought I'd already bought the big one," he said. "I wished I'd been killed on impact so that I didn't have to go through that.""

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

buys the big one (present, singular) buying the big one (participle, present) bought the big one (participle, past) bought the big one (past)

Synonyms

bite the big one assume room temperature auger in be called home be gathered to one's fathers be like the the One be no more be with Jesus be with the Lord bite the biscuit bite the dust buy the farm

Questions

What does buy the big one mean?: To die.

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