How to pronounce “dead man walking”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A condemned prisoner walking to a death chamber or other place of execution.
• Someone who is soon to die.
• (figurative) Someone who is about to face an unavoidable loss (though the person may not realize it).
• (meteorology, slang) A multivortex tornado typically appearing in the form of a human figure walking.

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