"go the way of all the earth" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes the way of all the earth [present, singular, third-person], going the way of all the earth [participle, present], went the way of all the earth [past], gone the way of all the earth [participle, past]
Etymology: Popularized by the King James Bible (e.g., Joshua 23:14, 1 Kings 2:2). Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> the way of all the earth}} go the way of all the earth (third-person singular simple present goes the way of all the earth, present participle going the way of all the earth, simple past went the way of all the earth, past participle gone the way of all the earth)
  1. (poetic) To die. Tags: poetic Translations (to die): den Weg alles Irdischen gehen (German)

Inflected forms

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