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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe pushing up (the) daisiesbe pushing up (the) daisiesDEADto be dead – used humorously → daisy
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be pushing up (the) daisies• It's lucky I was sent here, to Hepzibah, or I'd be pushing up daisies.be pushing up (the) daisiesbe pushing up (the) daisiesinformal to be dead – used humorously → push
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be pushing up (the) daisies• It's lucky I was sent here, to Hepzibah, or I'd be pushing up daisies.
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