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— E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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die on the vine

Part of Speechverb

To fail at an early stage or never come to fruition, typically due to neglect, infeasibility, or lack of resources.

In a Sentence

“His ambitious plan to build a flying car died on the vine.”

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Synonyms

wither on the vine

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Related Words

fall by the waysideflat outfall throughgo nowherefall down onfail offail

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