pay the debt of nature

English

Verb

pay the debt of nature (third-person singular simple present pays the debt of nature, present participle paying the debt of nature, simple past and past participle paid the debt of nature)

  1. (euphemistic) To die.
    Synonym: pay nature's debt
    • 1828, Henry Hunter, Sacred biography, or, The history of the patriarchs, volume 1, page 36:
      The venerable father of the human race had now himself paid the debt of nature.
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