on your deathbed

on your deathbed
on your deathbed phrase
going to die very soon

He wrote her a letter when he was on his deathbed.

Thesaurus: likely to die soonsynonym
Main entry: deathbed

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on your deathbed
: in the bed that you will soon die in

She made a startling confession on her deathbed. [=just before she died]

— often used figuratively to say that someone is very close to dying or very sick

She's convinced that the old man is on his deathbed, but he looks healthy enough to me.

I was so sick with the flu–practically on my deathbed.

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Main Entry:deathbed

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