linger on after (someone)
linger on after (someone)
To remain alive after someone else passes away. After my father died, my mother lingered on after him for a couple of months before passing away as well. I just don't think she could bear being without him. My great-uncle Charlie lingered on after his brothers and sisters for nearly 20 years, dying at the ripe-old age of 107.
See also: after, linger, on
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- draw away
- draw away from (someone or something)
- are we away
- Are we away?
- cringe
- cringe away from
- cringe away from (someone or something)
- away
- do away with
- do away with (someone, something, or oneself)