one's number is up
(one's) number is up
It is one's time to die, suffer, or be punished. My only wish is that I don't feel any pain when my number is up. This evidence proves that the senator was part of the conspiracy. His number's up this time.
See also: number, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
one's number is up
Fig. one's time to die—or to suffer some other unpleasantness—has come. John is worried. He thinks his number is up. When my number is up, I hope it all goes fast.
See also: number, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (one's) number is up
- number is up, one's
- someone's number is up
- your/somebody's number is up
- the exception that proves the rule
- give (something) against (one)
- deed to
- tangled up with (someone or something)
- act of faith
- an act of faith