toast
90
8.7
- noun
- /toʊst/
- Informal
:
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- I have to pack it in or I'll be toast in the morning.
- you're toast
- probably be toast
- just toast
And if proven, they're toast, in my opinion, toast.
- And if proven, they're toast, in my opinion, toast.
- So could Bitcoin be toast also possibly.
- Wow, I would have been toast a long time ago.
- My reaction to that was, you guys are toast.
- And if you stand up against that, you're toast.
- It'll be way more powerful than us and we will be toast.
- That's right, pretty soon your avocado may be toast.
- So if he, if he, if he is, can't show a win, he's toast.
- If it's up to me in five years, the Earth is done, it's toast.
- But then he said I've got to have something quick or I'm going to be toast.
- And so if you don't have your retirement plan after death settled in, you're toast.
Examples
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We thought you were toast!
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On occasions such as these, a whole lot of civilians are toast.
Fiction book (1997) -
Wow, I would have been toast a long time ago.
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Oh no, she's toast, dude, She is toast.
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You'd be toast if you were that close to the launch.
Fiction book (1996) -
Just before we took off, Belinda said, "Well, he's toast now."
Fiction book (2002) -
Trust me, I thought my career was toast as I toiled my way through temp gigs after law school.
Blog text (9) -
Felix is toast.
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Actually, you're toast.
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If the team misses the playoffs again, the coach will be toast.
Synonyms
41
8.1
A person who will probably die or be in serious trouble
4
8.6
A person or thing sure to fail
A person who has very bad luck and often fails
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
1
5.8
A term for small things people buy that are not necessary and blamed for bigger money problems
- Formal
A short speech while people raise glasses to celebrate being free or a new start
How Doomed
- Informal
90
8.7
- Informal
4
4.3
∞
2.9
- Informal
33
6.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the informal toast meaning 'finished' or 'doomed' is to think of burnt bread that is ruined and cannot be used. So if someone is toast they are in big trouble or done for.