"die like flies" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dies like flies [present, singular, third-person], dying like flies [participle, present], died like flies [participle, past], died like flies [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} die like flies (third-person singular simple present dies like flies, present participle dying like flies, simple past and past participle died like flies)
  1. Synonym of drop like flies Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: drop like flies [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-die_like_flies-en-verb-IN7yoJpm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English similes, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

Inflected forms

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