sound/ring/toll the death knell

idiom

literary
: to cause the end of
Many people thought that the Internet would sound/ring/toll the death knell for newspapers.

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Overwatering and Underwatering New Plants Overwatering and underwatering, indicated by brown or brittle leaves, can sound the death knell for a new crepe myrtle. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2025 Along with the anger, there is resignation — a grim acceptance that this news may sound the death knell for their already slim hopes of wresting the Premier League title away from Liverpool. James McNicholas, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025

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“Sound/ring/toll the death knell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sound%2Fring%2Ftoll%20the%20death%20knell. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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