kill oneself
English
Verb
kill oneself (third-person singular simple present kills oneself, present participle killing oneself, simple past and past participle killed oneself)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kill, oneself.
- You were stupid to try climbing up there. You might have killed yourself.
- (informal) To exert oneself to an excessive degree.
- Don't kill yourself raking the leaves now; we're due for a windstorm tonight.
- We just about killed ourselves laughing.
Synonyms
- (literally: cause one's own death): commit suicide
- (exert oneself): bust one's ass (US slang)
See also
Further reading
- “kill oneself”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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