dead on arrival

idiom

: having died before getting to a hospital, emergency room, etc.

The victim was dead on arrival at the hospital.

—often used figuratively

Some are saying that any new tax proposal would be dead on arrival.

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Around 11 of them were dead on arrival, and three died within a year. —

Brendan Nystedt, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2024 But with Republicans clinching control of the U.S. Senate, the outgoing GOP leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky., essentially declared the statehood effort as dead on arrival once again. —

Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024 And the pending legal cases against him are now either dead on arrival or severely disrupted. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2024 Leal was rushed to Eskenazi Hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. —

Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dead on arrival

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