"snuff it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: snuffs it [present, singular, third-person], snuffing it [participle, present], snuffed it [participle, past], snuffed it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} snuff it (third-person singular simple present snuffs it, present participle snuffing it, simple past and past participle snuffed it)
  1. (euphemistic, colloquial) to die. Tags: colloquial, euphemistic Categories (topical): Death

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for snuff it meaning in English (2.4kB)

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          "text": "That cat must have been twenty years old when he finally snuffed it."
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          "text": "1975, Monty Python, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Python (Monty) Pictures Limited\nOnce the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it."
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        "(euphemistic, colloquial) to die."
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