Definitions by lokhad

at death's door 

very near the end of one's life. (Often an exaggeration.) I was so ill that I was at death's door for three days. The family dog was at death's door for three days, and then it finally died.

dying or very ill He literally was at death's door when a liver became available for transplant.

at death's door by lokhad March 30, 2017