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circling the drain
circling the drain
circling (the drain)
tv. & in.
to be in the final process of dying; to be in extremis. (Jocular but crude hospital jargon.)
Get Mrs. Smith’s son on the phone. She’s circling the drain.
See also:
circle
,
drain
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Iuliana
-
Romanian, Ancient Roman
Ham
HAM
(English)
Biblical
Becky
BEK-ee
English
Dulcinea
-
Literature
Antonie (2)
AHN-taw-nee
Dutch
Isobel
-
Scottish
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