dance on someone's grave

verb

To celebrate a person's death or downfall triumphantly.

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Meanings

verbdance on someone's grave (third-person singular simple present dances on someone's grave, present participle dancing on someone's grave, simple past and past participle danced on someone's grave)

present singular third person dances on someone's grave · participle present dancing on someone's grave · participle past danced on someone's grave · past danced on someone's grave

  1. derogatoryidiomaticinformalsometimesTo celebrate a person's death or downfall triumphantly.

    This is all aside from my personal disgust at the idea that we should spare any thought for those who would kill us. No one is suggesting dancing on their graves, but neither should we shed even a fraction of a tear for them.

    2006 May 1, Lisa, “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
gravedance
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APA

dance on someone's grave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dance%20on%20someone's%20grave

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dance on someone's grave,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dance%20on%20someone's%20grave.

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