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like death warmed over

like death warmed over adjective: ill, unwell.

Adjective

like death warmed over

  1. (Canada, US, simile) Ill, unwell.

Forms of like death warmed over

alternative formlike death warmed up

Questions about like death warmed over

What does like death warmed over mean?
Like death warmed over means ill, unwell.
What part of speech is like death warmed over?
Like death warmed over is an adjective.

Words near like death warmed over in the dictionary

  1. like cats and dogs
  2. like cheese at fourpence
  3. like clockwork
  4. like crack
  5. like crazy
  6. like death warmed over
  7. like death warmed up
  8. like falling off a log
  9. like farm
  10. like farmed
  11. like farming

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