Meaning of someone's number is up | Babel Free

Definitions

It is someone's time to die, or to undergo some other difficult experience.

informal

Examples

“Even in this hopeless situation, I don't feel like my number's up. I have to reach the next level, get closer to her. I don't have time to play with the monsters down here. I'm in the eye of a storm of howls and roars, but I'm different[…]”

“So I just thought, well, my number's up. I'm going to get some stupid assignment that nobody wants.”

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