Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

at death's door

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: at death's -door
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

About to die; in a life-threatening state of health.

adj

Alternative spelling of at death's door.

Example Sentences

"The minstrel woman who left the Castle yesterday has spread the report everywhere, that the Duke of Rothsay is murdered, or at death's door."
"One of my Polynesian sailors lay at death's door with blackwater fever."
"And the "events" were not all on the board. It may help the reader to know that K. O. Mott-Smith was literally at death's door in mid-game. His double survival prompted him to send us the game and comments."
"Clearly, a business with $26 billion in cash reserves isn't exactly at death's door."

Phrases

final curtain

Frequently Paired Words

final curtain

Synonyms

knocking on heaven's door on one's deathbed in extremis

Questions

What does at death's door mean?: About to die; in a life-threatening state of health.

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