See die on one's arse on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2013, Andrew Grice, “Michael Dugher on Labour's 2015 election strategy: This will be the most personal election ever”, in The Independent:",
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"ref": "2014, Ian Glasper, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984, PM Press, page 18:",
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"(British, Ireland, idiomatic, vulgar slang) To fail completely."
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"ref": "2018, Romesh Ranganathan, “Romesh Ranganathan: 'If someone says \"did you enjoy that?\" I know I've died on my arse'”, in The Guardian:",
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"ref": "2021, 00:60 from the start, in No More Jockeys, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Tim Key:",
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"(British, Ireland, idiomatic, vulgar slang, of a comedian) To be very poorly received by an audience."
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"text": "KEY: I've been known to get up on that stage and deliver a bad, um...\nHORNE: Poem. I've seen you deliver some bad poems...\nKEY: Yeah, I've seen you die on your ass.",
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