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   expire

   /ɪkˈspʌɪə/

   verb

   • 1. (of a document, authorization, or agreement) come to the end of the period of validity: "his driving licence expired" Similar run outbecome invalidbecome voidbe no longer validlapseceasebecome obsoleteendfinishstopcome to an endconcludeterminatebe overbe at an endOpposite begin
   • ▪ (of a period of time) come to an end: "the three-year period has expired"
   • 2. (of a person) die: "the lady had expired bearing her lord a son" Similar diepass away/ondeceaseperishdepart this lifebe no morebreathe one's lastdraw one's last breathmeet one's endmeet one's deathmeet one's Makergive up the ghostgo to the great beyondcross the great divideshuffle off this mortal coilgo the way of the/all fleshgo to one's last resting placeinformal:kick the bucketbite the dustcroakconk outbuy itturn up one's toescash in one's chipsgo belly upsnuff itpeg outpop one's clogs
   • 3. exhale (air) from the lungs: technical "the volume of expired air" Similar breathe outexhalepuff outblow outexpelemitOpposite inhaleinspire

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French expirer, from Latin exspirare ‘breathe out’, from ex- ‘out’ + spirare ‘breathe’.

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