death knell

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death knell
A signal of the impending end or ruin of something, especially a business, organization, or activity. Refers to the sound of a bell ringing (the knell) from a church to indicate that someone has died.
The geometric expansion of the Internet and digital media has tolled the death knell for countless print-based businesses around the world.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
death knell
Something that indicates impending failure, as in His low scores sounded the death knell for his ambitions. The noun knell, used for the ringing of a bell since at least a.d. 1000, is rarely heard today except in this figurative phrase.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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knell
toll the death knell
sound the death knell
sound the death knell of something
ring the knell of
ring the knell of (something)
ring down the curtain (on something)
ring down the curtain (on), to
ring down the curtain on
ring the curtain down