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knock on heaven's door

knock on heaven's door verb: to die or be close to death.

Verb

knock on heaven's door (third-person singular simple present knocks on heaven's door, present participle knocking on heaven's door, simple past and past participle knocked on heaven's door)

  1. (idiomatic) To die or be close to death.
    • I had knocked on heaven's door but they didn't let me in!2011, Lesley Ann Eden, Beyond Belief in the Land of Rhythm, page 200
    • During my stay in the high dependency ward I also knocked on heaven's door. At one point I had to be resuscitated and after being resuscitated I found one of the resuscitation discs still on my chest.2022, Jack Woodside, P.O.S.H. Portside Out – Starboard Home My Life Story

Forms of knock on heaven's door

third-person singular presentknocks on heaven's door
present participleknocking on heaven's door
past participleknocked on heaven's door
pastknocked on heaven's door

Questions about knock on heaven's door

What does knock on heaven's door mean?
Knock on heaven's door means to die or be close to death.
What part of speech is knock on heaven's door?
Knock on heaven's door is a verb.
What is the past tense of knock on heaven's door?
The past tense of knock on heaven's door is knocked on heaven's door.

Words near knock on heaven's door in the dictionary

  1. knock knocks
  2. knock off
  3. knock off someone's block
  4. knock offs
  5. knock on
  6. knock on heaven's door
  7. knock on the door of
  8. knock on the head
  9. knock on wood
  10. knock one out
  11. knock one out of the ball park

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