Idiom
cock one's toes
Meaning
To die.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The old car finally cocked its toes after twenty years.”
“The gardener worried that his favorite plant would cock its toes during the unexpected winter frost.”
“Despite the best efforts of the medical team, the patient eventually cocked his toes in the quiet hours of the morning.”
Examples
simple
“The old car finally cocked its toes after twenty years.”
contextual
“The gardener worried that his favorite plant would cock its toes during the unexpected winter frost.”
complex
“Despite the best efforts of the medical team, the patient eventually cocked his toes in the quiet hours of the morning.”
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