die in a fire

verb

Go to hell! Go to the devil! Expression of anger and contemptuous dismissal directed at a person or idea.

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Meanings

verbdie in a fire (third-person singular simple present dies in a fire, present participle dying in a fire, simple past and past participle died in a fire)

present singular third person dies in a fire · participle present dying in a fire · participle past died in a fire · past died in a fire

  1. imperativedismissalGo to hell! Go to the devil! Expression of anger and contemptuous dismissal directed at a person or idea.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see die, in, fire.
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “die in a fire,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/die%20in%20a%20fire.

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