near death

Very close to death. Hyphenated if used before a noun. After spending 30 minutes trapped in the wreck, she was near death by the time paramedics were finally able to free her. Is it true that your whole life flashes before your eyes when you have a near-death experience?

See also: death, near

See also:

be in at the death
be in at the death/kill
like death warmed over
be snatched from the jaws of death
be snatched out of the jaws of death
snatch
sentence
death sentence
from the dead
dance with death

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