"wake up dead" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: wakes up dead [present, singular, third-person], waking up dead [participle, present], woke up dead [past], woken up dead [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wake<,,woke,woken> up dead|head=wake up dead}} wake up dead (third-person singular simple present wakes up dead, present participle waking up dead, simple past woke up dead, past participle woken up dead)
  1. To die, particularly in one's sleep.
    Sense id: en-wake_up_dead-en-verb-QdIKa06U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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