follow to the grave

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follow to the grave (third-person singular simple present follows to the grave, present participle following to the grave, simple past and past participle followed to the grave)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To cease existence or importance with (a person or thing) upon their passing or destruction.
   • 2024 February 13, Holly D. Johnson, Credit Card Debt After Death:

     Credit card debt doesn’t follow you to the grave. Rather, after death, it lives on and is either paid off through estate assets or becomes the responsibility of a joint account holder or cosigner.