die to

Idioms  

1. Also, be dying to. Long greatly to do something, as in I'm dying to go to Alaska. [c. 1700] Also see die for.

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Example Sentences

"But at the same time, we are stable, we are predictable. We are reliable and we are trusted, and these are intangible assets that others would die to have."

From BBC

Nancy says he will "die" to achieve his goals at Celtic and believes results under him have not reflected performances.

From BBC

In the fourth episode, for example, she learned that the hivemind can’t lie, but individuals will nearly die to prevent people like her from pulling truths from them that endanger their biological imperative to assimilate the immune.

From Salon

"No child should ever have to die to make changes but unfortunately I think that is the way everything seems to happen in the world," he told the BBC.

From BBC

That was the path he had chosen: to die to all who knew him, and to all he knew—his devoted wife, his bumbling, nearsighted son, his palatial home, his vast fortune.

From Literature