Most of the larger lizards died off eons ago.
•It would be really bad if all the owls died off.
•The cucumber blossoms all died off.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
die off — {v.} To die one at a time. * /The flowers are dying off because there has been no rain./ … Dictionary of American idioms
die-off — die′ off or die′off n. ecl a sudden decline in a natural population from causes other than human intervention • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
die off — die one after another until the number is small The house plants began to die off as soon as he moved to a new apartment … Idioms and examples
die off — verb become extinct Dinosaurs died out • Syn: ↑die out • Hypernyms: ↑disappear, ↑vanish, ↑go away • Verb Frames: Something s … Useful english dictionary
die off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms die off : present tense I/you/we/they die off he/she/it dies off present participle dying off past tense died off past participle died off if a group dies off, the members die one by one until none exist The … English dictionary
die-off — /duy awf , of /, n. a sudden, natural perishing of large numbers of a species, population, or community. [1935 40; n. use of v. phrase die off] * * * … Universalium
die-off — The phenomenon of killing so many infectious organisms so quickly that the amount of dead biomass itself causes liver overload, allergic reactions, or a mild foreign body response. It can occur with antibiotic therapy, treatment of candidiasis … Herbal-medical glossary
die-off — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: die off : a sudden sharp decline of a population (as of rabbits or game birds) not directly due to hunting or other human activity … Useful english dictionary
die\ off — v To die one at a time. The flowers are dying off because there has been no rain … Словарь американских идиом
die off — become extinct, all of them die That type of horse died off before humans appeared … English idioms
