meet one's maker

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In various religions, when a person dies, they go to a supernatural place like heaven where they may meet their creator deity.

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meet one's maker (third-person singular simple present meets one's maker, present participle meeting one's maker, simple past and past participle met one's maker)

  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To die or to pass into the afterlife.

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