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die for
Definition
1. As in: S/He's to die for , descriptive of someone extremely beautiful or desirable.Quote: The deadly Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman) in Batman and Robin (1997): ' I really am to die for.'
2. To desire someone or something strongly.
Quote: Elmer (Robert Woolsey) and Jerry (Paul Page) in Kentucky Kernels (1934):
-- Elmer Dugan: ' No woman is worth dying for.'
-- Jerry Bronson: ' You don't know my Joan. She's so beautiful. She's Juno, Venus and Aphrodite all rolled into one.'
-- Elmer Dugan: ' Yeah, well I'll take Mae West.'
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