die for

Idioms and Phrases

Also, be dying for . Long for, desire excessively, as in I'm dying for some ice cream . This hyperbolic usage dates from the late 1500s. Also see die to .

Example Sentences

As I show in my book, people kill and die for it.

From Salon

I put free speech in quotations because we’re not talking about the kind of free speech people fight and die for under dictatorships or theocracies.

From Los Angeles Times

"Frankly, our party doesn't have a future unless we take a stand and fix this problem. It's leave or die for our party."

From BBC

“If we ended the war at this stage, what were we fighting for then? What for did all our men, our comrades die for?”

From BBC

“I am coming to Ukraine from Hawaii to fight for your kids and families and democracy.. I will come and die for you,” a post on X reads, according to the BBC's US partner, CBS News.

From BBC

Related Words

• call for
• demand
• desire
• lack
• require