knock on heaven's door in English

Forms: knocks on heaven's door [present, singular, third-person], knocking on heaven's door [participle, present], knocked on heaven's door [participle, past], knocked on heaven's door [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} knock on heaven's door (third-person singular simple present knocks on heaven's door, present participle knocking on heaven's door, simple past and past participle knocked on heaven's door)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "knocks on heaven's door",
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    },
    {
      "form": "knocking on heaven's door",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "knocked on heaven's door",
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        "past"
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Lesley Ann Eden, Beyond Belief in the Land of Rhythm, page 200",
          "text": "I had knocked on heaven's door but they didn't let me in!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Jack Woodside, P.O.S.H. Portside Out – Starboard Home My Life Story",
          "text": "During my stay in the high dependency ward I also knocked on heaven's door. At one point I had to be resuscitated and after being resuscitated I found one of the resuscitation discs still on my chest.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To die or be close to death."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To die or be close to death."
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "knock on heaven's door"
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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knocks on heaven's door",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knocking on heaven's door",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knocked on heaven's door",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "past"
      ]
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Jack Woodside, P.O.S.H. Portside Out – Starboard Home My Life Story",
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        "To die or be close to death."
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        "(idiomatic) To die or be close to death."
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"knock on heaven's door" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms