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not long for this world
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(Definition of not long for this world from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Death and dying
Synonyms and related words:
- be fading away/fast idiom
- cot death noun
- crib death noun
- deceased adjective
- departed adjective
- departed noun
- doornail noun
- drop verb (FALL)
- drowning noun
- gone adjective (LEFT)
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