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Meaning of one foot in the grave | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Indicates being near death, or almost dead.

Examples

“[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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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