"die on the vine" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-die on the vine.ogg Forms: dies on the vine [present, singular, third-person], dying on the vine [participle, present], died on the vine [participle, past], died on the vine [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} die on the vine (third-person singular simple present dies on the vine, present participle dying on the vine, simple past and past participle died on the vine)
  1. (idiomatic) To fail at an early stage or never come to fruition, typically due to neglect, infeasibility, or lack of resources. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-die_on_the_vine-en-verb-Dy-Ec7Ae Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see die, on, the, vine. Synonyms: wither on the vine Related terms: dead on the vine
    Sense id: en-die_on_the_vine-en-verb-fC9wHU0k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for die on the vine meaning in All languages combined (2.2kB)

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