"pop one's clogs" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-pop one's clogs.ogg [Australia] Forms: pops one's clogs [present, singular, third-person], popping one's clogs [participle, present], popped one's clogs [participle, past], popped one's clogs [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=pop one's clogs}} pop one's clogs (third-person singular simple present pops one's clogs, present participle popping one's clogs, simple past and past participle popped one's clogs)
  1. (British, slang) To die. Tags: British, slang Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: die, kick the bucket

Inflected forms

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