rot away

[Saki6]

A garden is more than just plants for Kianga's Edna McDowall

The second story of our spring series features a 93-year-old who has a beautiful garden at Kianga.

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"If you sit down and take it easy, you rot away," she said.

Does "rot away" mean "to get weak"?

 

[emsr2d2]

It's a bit stronger than that. It means that you deteriorate and die.