expire
verb [I] (END) /ɪkˈspaɪər/
/-ˈspaɪr/ Definition
C2 If something that lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use: Our television license expires next month. The contract between the two companies will expire at the end of the year.Coming to an endCausing something to end
(Definition of expire verb (END) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- come off phrasal verb 2
- come off sth phrasal verb (COMPLETE)
- come out phrasal verb (RESULT)
- come to a full stop idiom
- come to a head idiom
- come to sth phrasal verb (REACH)
- come to the end of the road idiom
- dry up phrasal verb (END)
- emergence noun (APPEARING)
- finality noun
- finish up phrasal verb
- fizzle out phrasal verb
- fizzle verb
- go out (of) the window idiom
- land up phrasal verb
- peter out phrasal verb
- play itself out phrasal verb
- run its course idiom
- run out phrasal verb
- taper off phrasal verb
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