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buy the big one
Language; Slang
To die. * I don’t plan to buy the big one for at least another thirty years. * She conked out for good— you know, bought the big one.
buy the farm
Language; Slang
To die; to get killed. * He bought the farm on San Juan Hill. * I’m too young to buy the farm.
buy trouble
Language; Slang
To encourage trouble; to bring on trouble. * I don’t want to buy trouble. I have enough already. * Saying something like that is just buying trouble.
call someone out
Language; Slang
To challenge someone to a fight. * Max wanted to call him out, but thought better of it. * Did you call me out? What are you going to do about it?
cancel someone’s Christmas
Language; Slang
To kill someone; to destroy someone. (Underworld. The dead person will miss Christmas.) * If he keeps bugging me, I’m gonna cancel his Christmas. * Bruno threatened to cancel Frank’s Christmas if ...
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