"die in a fire" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dies in a fire [present, singular, third-person], dying in a fire [participle, present], died in a fire [participle, past], died in a fire [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} die in a fire (third-person singular simple present dies in a fire, present participle dying in a fire, simple past and past participle died in a fire)
  1. (chiefly imperative with "go") Go to hell! Go to the devil! Expression of anger and contemptuous dismissal directed at a person or idea. Tags: imperative
    Sense id: en-die_in_a_fire-en-verb-9klOeWOO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see die, in, fire. Derived forms: DIAF, diaf
    Sense id: en-die_in_a_fire-en-verb-Wy4VT6BM

Alternative forms

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