die for

1. 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.

Example Sentences

"Especially after Unite the Right, after we were attacked, well, clearly this was evidence that, you know, people are willing to die for symbols, but they're also willing to kill for them," she said.

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“Brother I love you. I would die for you. I’m sorry for not reading things right. I thought we were playing, but I know I f— up and misread the situation,” Young wrote to Doherty.

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"But he's not, he's dead - and I refuse to let him die for nothing."

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“But these are bits of cloth that people will kill for or die for.”

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I want us to have a way to fix this without people having to die for it.

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Related Words

• call for 
• demand 
• desire 
• lack 
• require