# push up daisies

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To be dead.

## Etymology
In allusion to the daisy flowers growing over a dead person's grave. Originated in World War I.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/push-up-daisies