The DICT Development Group

  kick the bucket
      v 1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
           functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from
           cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient
           went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age
           of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit,
           pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in
           one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost,
           drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant:
           be born]