"die on the vine" meaning in English

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Verb

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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see die, on, the, vine.
    Sense id: en-die_on_the_vine-en-verb-fC9wHU0k
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wither on the vine Related terms: dead on the vine

Inflected forms

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        {
          "text": "His ambitious plan to build a flying car died on the vine.",
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        [
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          "infeasibility",
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        "(idiomatic) To fail at an early stage or never come to fruition, typically due to neglect, infeasibility, or lack of resources."
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      "form": "died on the vine",
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        "To fail at an early stage or never come to fruition, typically due to neglect, infeasibility, or lack of resources."
      ],
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        [
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        "(idiomatic) To fail at an early stage or never come to fruition, typically due to neglect, infeasibility, or lack of resources."
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        "idiomatic"
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see die, on, the, vine."
      ],
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          "on",
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          "the",
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          "vine",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wither on the vine"
    }
  ],
  "word": "die on the vine"
}

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