dead and buried
idiom
variants
or dead and gone
1
: no longer living : dead
He's been dead and buried for 50 years.
relatives long dead and gone
2
: no longer used or accepted
Those old family traditions are dead and buried.
The days of our childhood are dead and gone.
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Kansas State barged its way into this column like a lavender-colored Kool-Aid Man thanks to Top 25 wins at home over Kansas and Arizona, a stunning turn for a team that seemed dead and buried just three weeks ago.
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
While the two-state model is not necessarily dead and buried, the conditions under which it can be realized have drastically changed.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
But with the Broncos looking dead and buried, its senior leader stepped up.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2025
The tiresome snobbery of the vinyl mafia might have convinced
you that the compact disc, first introduced in Japan in October 1982 and
the rest of the world in March 1983, was dead and buried.
—Jesse Fink, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
While the two-state model is not necessarily dead and buried, the conditions under which it can be realized have drastically changed.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
But with the Broncos looking dead and buried, its senior leader stepped up.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2025
The tiresome snobbery of the vinyl mafia might have convinced
you that the compact disc, first introduced in Japan in October 1982 and
the rest of the world in March 1983, was dead and buried.
—Jesse Fink, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Dead and buried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20and%20buried. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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