beat to within an inch of life

beat somebody to within an inch of their life

to attack someone so violently that they almost die She was beaten to within an inch of her life on a back street in London.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bernal	['bə:nəl]
Sumeet	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi
Ealdwine	-	Anglo-Saxon
Nethaniah	neth-ə-NIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Calvin	KAL-vin	English
Milica	MEE-lee-tsah (Serbian, Croatian)	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian