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Probably a shortening of the phrasal verb sit on death's doorstep.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
on death's doorstep
Today it means: Almost dead. Full definition →
Today it means: Almost dead. Full definition →
Probably a shortening of the phrasal verb sit on death's doorstep.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.