- come to an untimely end
- come to an untimely endFig. to come to an early death. •
Poor Mr. Jones came to an untimely end in a car accident.
•Cancer caused Mrs. Smith to come to an untimely end.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
come to an untimely end
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