drop-dead list
Example Sentences
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If any documents or testimony relating to a subject on the drop-dead list seemed likely to come up, the trial would halt while all parties tried to settle the question behind closed doors.
From Time Magazine Archive
They identified eight general categories of deep secrets, promptly dubbed the "drop-dead list," some elements of which are deemed so exceedingly secret that officials dare not even speak their names.
From Time Magazine Archive
