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CATCH DEAD,

DROP DEAD,

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catch (someone) dead

[catch (someone) dead] {v. phr.}, {informal} To see or hear (someone) in an embarrassing act or place at any time. Used in the negative usually in the passive. * /You […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

drop dead

[drop dead] {v.}, {slang} To go away or be quiet; stop bothering someone. - Usually used as a command, * /"Drop dead!" Bill told his little sister when she kept […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

come to a dead end

[come to a dead end] {v. phr.} To reach a point from which one cannot proceed further, either because of a physical obstacle or because of some forbidding circumstance. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[dead to the world] {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Fast asleep. * /Tim went to bed very late and was still dead to the world at 10 o'clock this morning./ 2. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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