ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE meaning: Close to death or failure

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one foot in the grave: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
one foot in the grave: Collins English Dictionary
One Foot In The Grave, One Foot in the Grave (Beck album), One Foot in the Grave (Tankard album), One Foot in the Grave (album), One Foot in the Grave (song), One Foot in the Grave, One foot in the grave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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one foot in the grave, One Foot in the Grave: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (One Foot in the Grave)

▸ noun:  a British television sitcom written by David Renwick.
▸ noun:  the fourth studio album by American alternative rock musician Beck, released in June 1994 on K Records, an independent label.
▸ noun:  the seventeenth studio album by the German thrash metal band Tankard.

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have one foot in the grave, had one foot in the grave, has one foot in the grave, having one foot in the grave, more...

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