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Dead Doornail Expression Stress Violence Escalated Consequence They’ve

Phrase/Idiom dead as a doornail
Definition This expression is used to stress that something or someone is definitely dead.
Example Violence has escalated and as a consequence they’ve started fighting again. The peace agreement is now as dead as a doornail.

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