[all up] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Near to certain death or defeat […]

[ask for] {v.}, {informal} To make (something bad) likely to happen […]

[at death's door] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} Very near death; dying. […]

[at the point of] {prep.} Very near to; almost at or […]

[belly up] {v.}, {informal} To go bankrupt, become afunctional; to die. […]

(1872-1970), The Observer, 1925 Most people would die sooner than think; […]

[between life and death] {adv. phr.} In danger of dying or […]

[bite the dust] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To be killed in […]

[bore to death] See: [TO DEATH].

[bowl over] {v.}, {informal} 1. To knock down as if with […]