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die for

  1. Also, be dying for. Long for, desire excessively, as in I'm dying for some ice cream. This hyperbolic usage dates from the late 1500s. Also see die to.



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"But over the last two years, I don't think any reasonable person would think that the separatists would be the ones to protect them. So everybody should die for us to have independence and I ask the question: who are you going to govern?"

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The images from Jonestown were horrifying: rows of bodies, cyanide-laced Flavor Aid, and chilling recordings of Jones commanding his followers to die for their cause.

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"I hope my child did not die for nothing. That there will still be a victory and all of Ukraine will become free."

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"The right to die becomes a duty to die for those who feel a burden on family," said one GP.

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"Boca fans die for every game, but we live for Copa Libertadores nights and Superclasicos. It's a game unlike any other," says Rodrigo Azurmendi, Boca fan and co-host of the Boca in English Podcast.

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Fledermaus, Diediegesis