on one's deathbed
Close to death.
deathbed
/ˈdɛθˌbɛd/
noun 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
above, high, patient, straight
VERB + DEATHBED
let, lies, reading, top
DEATHBED + NOUN
he's
PREP.
about, on
ADV.
morosely
Definitions
noun
1
The bed on which someone dies.
He was once on his way to an old woman, who was on her death-bed and who had led a wicked life.
2
The last hours before death.
3
A grave; the site of a burial or entombment.
“Will you ask our oldest warriors to build me a barrow? Ask them to climb this headland and build me a death pile high on its top. Let my deathbed rise high above Hronesnesse.”
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deathbed conversion
Acceptance of religious belief immediately before one dies, typically in a state of anxiety or fear of the insecurity of what will happen to one in and after death.
Mr. Hitchens discussed the possibility of a deathbed conversion, insisting that the odds were slim that he would admit the existence of God.
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He was once on his way to an old woman, who was on her death-bed and who had led a wicked life.
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“Will you ask our oldest warriors to build me a barrow? Ask them to climb this headland and build me a death pile high on its top. Let my deathbed rise high above Hronesnesse.”
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On his deathbed he asked me to continue writing to you.
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He got religion on his deathbed.
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Tom forgave Mary on his deathbed.
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I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.
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