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View synonyms for dead meat

dead meat

noun

  1. Slang. a person or thing that is dead, doomed, or beyond recovery.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dead meat1

First recorded in 1860–65

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Example Sentences

Obviously state Republicans looked at that 2008 number and thought "if they do something like that again, we're dead meat."

Where would the poor make a profit out of their dead meat without me?

The destruction of live stock was something more to them than lost property, than dead meat.

Attracted by the effluvia from the dead meat, the bluebottles haunt my laboratory, the windows of which are always open.

They are eagerly eaten by the fish, which appear to thrive on them better than on dead meat.

There are also extensive lairages for live-stock, and cold storage for dead meat.

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