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One foot in "the grave," poetically speaking (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iamb

(Other definitions for iamb that I've seen before include "Short-long metric foot" , "Poet's foot" , "Metrical foot of one short, one long syllables" , "Line of verse" , "Part of a pentameter?" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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