follow to the grave

verb

To cease existence or importance with (a person or thing) upon their passing or destruction.

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Meanings

verbfollow to the grave (third-person singular simple present follows to the grave, present participle following to the grave, simple past and past participle followed to the grave)

present singular third person follows to the grave · participle present following to the grave · participle past followed to the grave · past followed to the grave

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo cease existence or importance with (a person or thing) upon their passing or destruction.

    Credit card debt doesn’t follow you to the grave. Rather, after death, it lives on and is either paid off through estate assets or becomes the responsibility of a joint account holder or cosigner.

    2024 February 13, Holly D. Johnson, Credit Card Debt After Death
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APA

follow to the grave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/follow%20to%20the%20grave

MLA

“follow to the grave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/follow%20to%20the%20grave. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “follow to the grave,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/follow%20to%20the%20grave.

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