be gathered to one's fathers

UK /biː ˈɡæðəd tuː wʌnz ˈfɑːðəz/US /bi ˈɡæðɚd tə wʌnz ˈfɑðɚz/

verb1

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(literary, old-fashioned) To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die.
- And also all that generacion was gathered vnto their fathers, and an other generacion arose after them, which nether knewe the Lord, nor yet the workes, which he had done for Israél. — 1560

forms

was gathered to one's fathers · been gathered to one's fathers · has been gathered to one's fathers · being gathered to one's fathers · is gathered to one's fathers