"the box they're going to bury it in" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: the boxes they're going to bury them in [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|the boxes they're going to bury them in}} the box they're going to bury it in (plural the boxes they're going to bury them in)
  1. (slang, informal) A person or product that hastens the obsolescence of another person or product. Tags: informal, slang
    Sense id: en-the_box_they're_going_to_bury_it_in-en-noun-0QmDqzVi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "name": "en-noun"
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Vaudeville's dead, and TV's the box they're going to bury it in!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or product that hastens the obsolescence of another person or product."
      ],
      "id": "en-the_box_they're_going_to_bury_it_in-en-noun-0QmDqzVi",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
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        ],
        [
          "product",
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        ],
        [
          "hasten",
          "hasten"
        ],
        [
          "obsolescence",
          "obsolescence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, informal) A person or product that hastens the obsolescence of another person or product."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "the box they're going to bury it in"
}
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "the box they're going to bury it in (plural the boxes they're going to bury them in)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English nouns",
        "English slang",
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        {
          "text": "Vaudeville's dead, and TV's the box they're going to bury it in!",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or product that hastens the obsolescence of another person or product."
      ],
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          "person",
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        ],
        [
          "product",
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        ],
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, informal) A person or product that hastens the obsolescence of another person or product."
      ],
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  ],
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}

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