meet one's maker

verb

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. To die or to pass into the afterlife.

    • On the gallows high he has met his Maker...Your victim waits for you to meet your Maker
    • He didn't die for a half-hour after that; nor did he speak again—aloud; but just a few seconds before he went to meet his Maker, his lips moved in a faint whisper.
    • This parrot is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! This is a late parrot! It's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies!

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA