English verb: predecease | |||
1. | predecease (change) die before; die earlier than | ||
Samples | She predeceased her husband. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | ||