"push up the daisies" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pushes up the daisies [present, singular, third-person], pushing up the daisies [participle, present], pushed up the daisies [participle, past], pushed up the daisies [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=push up the daisies}} push up the daisies (third-person singular simple present pushes up the daisies, present participle pushing up the daisies, simple past and past participle pushed up the daisies)
  1. Alternative form of push up daisies Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: push up daisies
    Sense id: en-push_up_the_daisies-en-verb-Bf-xYBaD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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