Dead and buried - something is settled and is not going to be reconsidered.
Dead as a dodo or Dead as a Doornail - something is lifeless.
Dead duck - something is a failure.
Dead in the water - something isn't going anywhere or making any progress.
Dead to the world - someone is fast asleep and completely unaware of what if happening around them.
Dead heat - in a race that ends with two or more finishing at exactly the same time.
leave for dead - to abandon something or someone
dead to rights - caught in the act of committing a crime.
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dead - adjective - Having lost life; no longer alive.
the dead - noun - We have burials for the dead.
Synonyms: deceased, departed, late, extinct, lifeless
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dead: adverb adjective
1. quiet and uneventful. The party was totally dead.
2. very tired. I came home dead from the gym.
3. dull; lifeless; flat. This hotdog is sort of dead because I am out of mustard.
4. no longer able to work. My phone is dead.
5. no longer of any importance. Stop! It’s a dead issue.
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Online Business, ESL and English Classes
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