kiss the ground

kiss the ground
   obsolete
   to die
   Referring to the involuntary falling and not in any way associated with the practice of kissing the tarmac to express your pleasure at arrival:
    I will not yield
   To kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet. (Shakespeare, Macbeth, although here it might have meant no more than to pay homage)

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