Word info

dead and gone

Adjective

Meaning

dead and gone (not comparable)

Synonym of dead and buried

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Him who is dead and gone honor with remembrance, not with tears. John Chrysostom

The Soviet Union is dead and gone and replaced by the Russian Federation, which is a country we can be friends with now, thank God - and we want the Russians to prosper, and should help the Russians prosper in every way we can within reason. Tom Clancy

Punk Rock (while still sacred to some) is, to me, dead and gone. We just wanted to pay tribute to something that helped us to feel as though we had crawled out of the dung heap of conformity. Kurt Cobain

Those days are dead and gone and the eulogy was delivered by Perl. Rob Pike

Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island. Gerry Adams

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son. John Dryden

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