: to be close to dying because of old age or illness
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Almost all of them have one foot in the grave.—Etgar Keret, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
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“Have one foot in the grave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20one%20foot%20in%20the%20grave. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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