How to use "Expire" word as a verb
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Hi, I've googled how can I use expire as a verb, but couldn't find an answer.
I need to say the action to expire in order to describe a procedure that goes and "expires" records whose last registration date has ended
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The food expired a week ago.
Your registration license expires at the end of the year.
You better get your car tag renewed, otherwise it will expire in January.
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The root of it might help you understand how to use it.
There are a bunch of words in English related to 'spirit'/breath. To inspire is to breathe in and have a spirit enter you.
To expire is to breathe out and have the spirit leave you. When a person expires they die. When something hits its expiration date it's no longer good. When a time of opportunity ends it's expired.