"end one's days" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ends one's days [present, singular, third-person], ending one's days [participle, present], ended one's days [participle, past], ended one's days [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=end one's days}} end one's days (third-person singular simple present ends one's days, present participle ending one's days, simple past and past participle ended one's days)
  1. To spend the rest of one's life in a certain way. Synonyms: end one's life Translations (Translations): päättää päivänsä (Finnish), finir ses jours (French), finir sa vie (French)
    Sense id: en-end_one's_days-en-verb-Fbxjz-oH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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