die in a fire

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die 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)

  1. (chiefly imperative with "go") Go 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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