Also means
exhale
Usage Note
Expirer covers both the expiry of a deadline or document and the physical act of breathing out. For the latter, the counterpart is inspirer ('to inhale'). In formal usage expirer also means 'to die', though this sense is now literary. The related noun is expiration.
Examples
"Mon passeport a expiré l'année dernière."
Natural Translation
My passport expired last year.
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