die off

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to die one after the other until there are none left

   Old folks died off and little fellas come.

In the movies · 2

• Old folks died off and little fellas come.The Grapes of Wrath1940
• I've had to see my friends and loved ones die off through the years.The Green Mile1999
• I thought cave people died off years ago.The Croods: A New Age2020
• Only two kinds of people are gonna stay on this beach: Those that are already dead and those that will die. Get off your butts!The Longest Day1962
• - Your dad died? - Yeah. Get off!This Is England2007

From the same entry

• be dying for do
• die a death
• die in your bed
• die laughing
• old habits, traditions, die hard
• to die for
• cross my heart
• die like flies
• never say die
• die away
• die back
• die down