Idiom
meet one's maker
Meaning
To die or to pass into the afterlife.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Origin
The expression derives from the theological premise across various religions that, upon death, a person departs for a supernatural realm such as heaven. In this location, the deceased is expected to encounter their creator deity. The idiom functions as a euphemism for the act of dying, predicated on this eventual meeting between the individual and the entity responsible for their existence.
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