push up the daisies

A form of push up daisies — To be dead.

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Meanings

verbpush up the daisies (third-person singular simple present pushes up the daisies, present participle pushing up the daisies, simple past and past participle pushed up the daisies)

present singular third person pushes up the daisies · participle present pushing up the daisies · participle past pushed up the daisies · past pushed up the daisies

  1. alternativeAlternative form of push up daisies.
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    This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to see its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies. It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.

    1969 December 7, “Full Frontal Nudity”, in Monty Python's Flying Circus, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Mr Praline (John Cleese), Dead Parrot sketch
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APA

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

MLA

“push up the daisies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/push%20up%20the%20daisies. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “push up the daisies,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/push%20up%20the%20daisies.

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