"pay nature's debt" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: pays nature's debt [present, singular, third-person], paying nature's debt [participle, present], paid nature's debt [participle, past], paid nature's debt [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pay<,,paid> nature's debt}} pay nature's debt (third-person singular simple present pays nature's debt, present participle paying nature's debt, simple past and past participle paid nature's debt)
  1. Synonym of pay the debt of nature (“to die”) Synonyms: pay the debt of nature [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-pay_nature's_debt-en-verb-nDHhOPR1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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