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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
NÓRa
-
Hungarian, Irish
Imogen
IM-ə-jən
English (British)
Gilberte
-
French
Musa
-
Arabic, Turkish, Persian
Richa
-
Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Bengali
Gaines
[geinz]
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