taken for dead

appearing to be dead; assumed to be dead. I was so ill with the flu that I was almost taken for dead. The accident victims were so seriously injured that they were taken for dead at first.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Madhuri	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada
Antoine	awn-TWAWN (French), an-TWAWN (American)	French, African American
Quique	KEE-ke	Spanish
Christabelle	KRIS-tə-bel	English (Rare)
Tami	TAM-ee	English
Cal	KAL	English