die for
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Also, be dying for. Long for, desire excessively, as in I'm dying for some ice cream. This hyperbolic usage dates from the late 1500s. Also see die to.
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Words nearby die for
die-cutting, die down, dièdre, Diefenbaker, dieffenbachia, die for, diegesis, diegetic, Diégo-Suarez, die-hard, die in harness
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How to use die for in a sentence
Besides the to-die-for body, the Brazilian model has a storied sense of humor that has become a part of her catwalk persona.