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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

like grim death en · ADP

Etymology

Association between grim and death arose at least by 1590. More information at Grim Reaper.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:simile) With savage determination or persistence.
    • I crouched low and held on like grim death to a little rail near me. 1944 May and June, “When the Circle was Steam Operated”, in Railway Magazine, page 133:
    • I hung onto the rope like grim death.