suck the kumara
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Presumably because both a buried corpse and a kumara (“sweet potato”) are found under the earth.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (AU) (file)
Verb[edit]
suck the kumara (third-person singular simple present sucks the kumara, present participle sucking the kumara, simple past and past participle sucked the kumara)
- (New Zealand, slang, idiomatic) To die.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to die): kick the bucket, bite the dust