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one foot in the grave en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Indicates being near death, or almost dead.
    • [https://www.phoenixbookcompany.com/blog/%3Fp%3D7670 a close brush with death, a one-foot-in-the-grave kind of close [brush]]"
    • That was one-foot-in-the-grave old in 1971.

Relateds

one foot out the door · have one foot in the grave