Idiom
dead 'n' buried
Meaning
Contraction of dead and buried.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That old argument is dead and buried now.”
“The company decided to stop the project, so the idea is officially dead and buried.”
“Once the new policy took effect, the previous administration's controversial regulations were considered dead and buried by the public.”
Examples
simple
“That old argument is dead and buried now.”
contextual
“The company decided to stop the project, so the idea is officially dead and buried.”
complex
“Once the new policy took effect, the previous administration's controversial regulations were considered dead and buried by the public.”
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