How to Pronounce "dead and gone"
expression
ˈdɛd/ /ˈænd/, /ənd/ /ˈɡɔn
DED-ənd-GAWN
dˈɛd/ /ˈænd/ /ɡˈɒn
DED-and-GON
Definition
Used to emphasize that someone has died and will not return, or that something is completely finished and over.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈdɛd/ /ˈænd/, /ənd/ /ˈɡɔn
British English
dˈɛd/ /ˈænd/ /ɡˈɒn
Simplified Pronunciation
US
DED-ənd-GAWN
UK
DED-and-GON
Listen in Context
My grandfather has been dead and gone for many years.
That tradition is dead and gone now.
The old factory is dead and gone.
By next year, this problem will be dead and gone.