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Phrase(s): die on someone
1. Lit. [for a patient] to die under the care of someone. • Get that medicine over here fast, or this guy’s gonna die on me. • Come on, mister, don’t die on me! 2. Fig. [for something] to quit running for someone. • My car died on me, and I couldn’t get it started. • My CD player died on me, and I had to listen to the radio.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs