drop in your tracks

drop in your tracks
   to die suddenly
   The imagery is from racing and the death may or may not be from natural causes:
    ... if Kramer had not been so inconsiderate as to drop in his tracks. There was nothing like death for spawning myths. (D. Francis, 1978)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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