SNUFFED IT Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

snuffed it

phrase

past tense of snuff it, British

as in died

to stop living They thought she might snuff it any day now.

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bought it

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Through Kardashian’s first-look deal at 20th Television, Bachelorette Weekend was pitched to sibling Hulu, which bought it preemptively.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
What’s now a polished lodge—two- and three-story wings along the shoreline, fishing boats named Eel Grass and Sea Wolf docked out front—was a defunct forestry homestead when the Nation bought it.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026

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snuffed (out)

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