"hand someone his head" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-hand someone his head.ogg 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: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English predicates: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 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

Alternative forms

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