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dead meat

  dead meat

noun

Slang
  1. A corpse or carcass.
  2. One that is doomed, as to obsolescence, ruin, or death.
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Noun

(uncountable)

  1. A corpse
  2. Someone in danger of death or severe punishment.
    We'll be dead meat if anyone catches us smoking.
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