My driver's license will expire next week.
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Expire
//ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "expire" (231 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (69)
Related words (115)
Verb(46 words)
give up the ghostgive-up the ghostgogo for a burtongo gentle into that good nightgo outgo over to the majoritygo the way of all fleshgo the way of the dinosaursgo the way of the dodogo the way of the dodo birdgo to glorygo to one's rewardgo westhand in one's checkshand in one's dinner pailhop the twigjoin the choir invisiblekeel overkick off
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knock offliquidatelose my life for jesus christlose one's lifelose the number of one's messmeet one's doommeet one's endmeet one's makerpass in one's checkspass in one's marblepass onpass overpass the riverpay nature's debtpay the debt of naturepeg outpop one's clogsrun outshuffle off this mortal coilsinksleep with one's fathersslip awaysuccumbtake a dirt napturn up one's toesyield up the ghost
give vent toglidegogo bygo ongo outgulphackhave ithave its timehiccuphuffinhaleinspirekick offlapselastleave no tracelet outmelt away
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open the floodgatesopen the sluicespantpartpasspass awaypass bypass onpass outpass overpeg outperishpeter outpress onproceedpuffput off mortalityquit this worldreekrespirereturn to dustrollroll onrunrun its courserun onsighslideslipsmokesneezesniffsnifflesnoresnortsnuffsnufflesteamstop breathingsuccumbterminatethrow offup and dievanishvaporwear awaywear offwheezeyield the ghost
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8 entriessimilar
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44 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- изпускам verb (to exhale (something))
- изтичам verb (become invalid)
Catalan
2 entries- caducar verb (become invalid)
- expirar verb (become invalid)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 呼出 verb (to exhale (something))
- 失效 verb (become invalid)
Danish
1 entries- udløbe verb (become invalid)
Dutch
4 entries- aflopen verb (become invalid)
- uitademen verb (to exhale (something))
- uitblazen verb (to exhale (something))
- verlopen verb (become invalid)
French
2 entries- expirer verb (become invalid)
- périmer verb (become invalid)
German
4 entries- ablaufen verb (become invalid)
- ausatmen verb (to exhale (something))
- erlöschen verb (become invalid)
- verfallen verb (become invalid)
Hungarian
4 entries- kifúj verb (to exhale (something))
- kilehel verb (to exhale (something))
- lejár verb (become invalid)
- érvényét veszti verb (become invalid)
Indonesian
1 entries- kedaluwarsa verb (become invalid)
Italian
1 entries- scadere verb (become invalid)
Japanese
1 entries- 失効する verb (become invalid)
Māori
1 entries- mōnehu verb (become invalid)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utløpe verb (become invalid)
Polish
3 entries- przeterminować się verb (become invalid)
- wygasać verb (become invalid)
- wygasnąć verb (become invalid)
Portuguese
2 entries- expirar verb (become invalid)
- vencer verb (become invalid)
Russian
2 entries- исте́чь verb (become invalid)
- истека́ть verb (become invalid)
Sicilian
2 entries- scàdiri verb (become invalid)
- spiriri verb (become invalid)
Spanish
2 entries- caducar verb (become invalid)
- vencer verb (become invalid)
Swedish
2 entries- gå ut verb (become invalid)
- löpa ut verb (become invalid)
Thai
2 entries- หมดอายุ verb (become invalid)
- หมดเขต verb (become invalid)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hết hạn verb (become invalid)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
The recent news about the Fukushima I nuclear power plant will likely strengthen the cause of the advocates who want to let our local nuclear power plant's license expire.
Source: tatoeba (792484)
The contract will expire soon.
Source: tatoeba (2442561)
Tom's driver's license will expire next month.
Source: tatoeba (2537834)
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