"hand someone his head" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-hand someone his head.ogg [Australia] Forms: hands someone his head [present, singular, third-person], handing someone his head [participle, present], handed someone his head [participle, past], handed someone his head [past]
Etymology: Possibly an allusion to the story of Salome demanding the head of John the Baptist in a charger. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hand someone his head (third-person singular simple present hands someone his head, present participle handing someone his head, simple past and past participle handed someone his head)
  1. To kill, especially by beheading.
    Sense id: en-hand_someone_his_head-en-verb-DuDfaghl Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 46 54
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To destroy; to defeat utterly. Tags: broadly, idiomatic Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-hand_someone_his_head-en-verb-Krq-VQJM Disambiguation of Death: 19 81 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of English predicates: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand someone his head on a plate, hand someone his head on a platter Related terms: give someone his head

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