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grim reaper

Fig. death. I think I have a few years to go yet before the grim reaper pays me a call.

See also: grim, reaper

the Grim Reaper

  (literary)

death

Usage notes: Death is sometimes thought of as an old man with a large curved tool for cutting crops.

When the Grim Reaper comes for you, there's no escaping.

See also: grim, reaper