to exit
10
8.6
- verb
- /ˈɛksɪt/
- Formal
:
fallecer
- What about when you exit this life someday?
What about when you exit this life someday?
- What about when you exit this life someday?
Examples
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This is the moment for Tony to exit smiling.
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Time for me to exit into the night.
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Please complete your transactions and exit through the main doors.
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Yet, he opted to exit the stage in 1999 after serving only one term.
Blog text (16) -
Or is this where I exit graciously, and, you know, let you make your moves elsewhere?
Fiction book (1994) -
In a metaphorical sense, he decided to exit this world peacefully, surrounded by loved ones.
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After a long battle with illness, she gracefully chose to exit the stage of life.
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He often joked about how he would exit life dramatically, like a scene from a play.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To stop living and no longer be alive
∞
5.6
To stop working or start to fail
537
3.8
To stop living
121
6.0
To die suddenly or violently, often in large numbers
62
9.9
To stop living, used in formal or old language
52
8.4
Die suddenly, often from shock or extreme tiredness
32
9.0
To die, said in a casual or joking way
31
8.6
To die, often used in medical or formal speech
8
3.8
To die peacefully in a gentle, respectful way
7
8.6
To die, said in casual or joking speech
6
9.0
To suddenly faint or fall unconscious
5
9.9
To die suddenly, often in an accident or during fighting
4
8.1
To die or stop working after a long time of problems
2
9.9
To stop living and not come back
1
9.1
To die, often said as a joke to make it seem less serious
To die in a light, not serious way
Idioms
Compounds
17
2.6
A special door or stairway that lets people leave a building quickly in an emergency
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the use of exit meaning 'to die' is to see it as coming from Latin ex- 'out' and ire 'to go', giving the image of a person 'going out' of life in a polite or dramatic way.