"cock one's toes" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cocks one's toes [present, singular, third-person], cocking one's toes [participle, present], cocked one's toes [participle, past], cocked one's toes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cock one's toes (third-person singular simple present cocks one's toes, present participle cocking one's toes, simple past and past participle cocked one's toes)
  1. (UK, Ireland, idiomatic, slang) To die. Tags: Ireland, UK, idiomatic, slang Synonyms: turn up one's toes [Australia]
    Sense id: en-cock_one's_toes-en-verb-jx6TKsZL Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Irish English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1951, The Irish Monthly, volume 79, page 191:",
          "text": "I'll be well pickled by the time I'm ready to cock my toes!",
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          "ref": "1955, Ireland. Oireachtas. Dáil, Díosbóireachtaí Párlaiminte: Tuairisc Oifigiúil, volume 151, page 123:",
          "text": "Captain Giles: Fianna Fáil would like to see you cock your toes but I hope they will not be able.",
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          "text": "Captain Giles: Fianna Fáil would like to see you cock your toes but I hope they will not be able.",
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