go for a burton

verb2

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(UK) To be killed.
- [G]one for a Burton […] has, in the R.A.F., ousted gone West[.] "He is dead" may appear somewhat remote from "He has gone for a glass of Burton": but, then, all euphemisms do, at first, appear remote. — 1945
(UK) To be lost, spoiled or destroyed.

forms

went for a Burton · went for a burton · gone for a Burton · gone for a burton · going for a Burton · going for a burton · goes for a Burton · goes for a burton