"valley of death" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-valley of death.ogg [Australia] Forms: valleys of death [plural]
Etymology: Probably derived from the Old Testament, Psalm 23: "valley of the shadow of death". Head templates: {{en-noun|valleys of death}} valley of death (plural valleys of death)
  1. (idiomatic) Death; or a place or period where death is impending. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-valley_of_death-en-noun-UWGmD4xy Categories (other): English allusions, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English allusions: 67 19 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 6 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 81 5 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 82 6 12
  2. (idiomatic) A place of great danger. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-valley_of_death-en-noun-VXKqoK9Z
  3. (idiomatic, business) The phase of a startup business beginning with the entrepreneur's fulltime commitment to it and ending when the business has achieved sustainable cash flow. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-valley_of_death-en-noun-en:business_development_phase Topics: business

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