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dead man walking
idiom
someone who will certainly lose their job, position, title, etc. very soon:
The Prime Minister is a dead man walking.
He survived the scandal but was widely considered a dead man walking going into the election.
The team were dead men walking when they came onto the pitch.
US
a prisoner who is going to be executed(= legally killed as a punishment):
The documentary focuses on a prison chaplain who dealt with 95 "dead men walking".
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