"dead meat" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: en-au-dead meat.ogg [Australia] Forms: dead meat
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  1. When you tell a person they are dead meat, you threaten to kill them.
    Sense id: simple-dead_meat-en-phrase-YiWY9Ysx Categories (other): Slang
     
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