dead and buried

idiom

variants or dead and gone

: no longer living : dead

He's been dead and buried for 50 years.

relatives long dead and gone

: 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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While The Acolyte may be dead and buried, Disney is plowing ahead with more new series, including Skeleton Crew, which is bound to be less controversial. —

Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 In a typical instance, factory bookkeepers in the Siberian city of Orsk pocketed wages supposedly paid to workers who were long dead and buried. —

Gregory Feifer, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2016 Meanwhile, other technologies that appeared dead and buried have since madecomebacks. —

Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 3 July 2024 The father of a 2-year-old found dead and buried in a park in Stamford in 2023 has been charged in connection with the child’s death. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for dead and buried

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