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"form": "having someone's head",
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"lang_code": "en",
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"related": [
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"_dis1": "32 68",
"word": "heads will roll"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"word": "off with someone's head"
},
{
"_dis1": "32 68",
"english": "nearly antonymous",
"word": "have someone's back"
}
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{
"text": "The boss will have his head for losing the biggest customer over a mistake.",
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"glosses": [
"To punish someone severely, as by sacking (firing), imprisonment, or similarly harsh penalties."
],
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"(idiomatic, figurative) To punish someone severely, as by sacking (firing), imprisonment, or similarly harsh penalties."
],
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"word": "have someone's guts for garters"
},
{
"word": "have someone's hide"
},
{
"word": "tan someone's hide"
}
],
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"figuratively",
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},
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"name": "Murder",
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"Death",
"Violence",
"Criminal law",
"Society",
"Body",
"Life",
"Human behaviour",
"Law",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Nature",
"Justice",
"Fundamental"
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"text": "The tyrant would have their heads for their temerity.",
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"To kill somebody, especially with violence and especially by decapitation."
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"(literal) To kill somebody, especially with violence and especially by decapitation."
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}
],
"word": "have someone's head"
}
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"word": "heads will roll"
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{
"word": "off with someone's head"
},
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"word": "have someone's back"
}
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"text": "The boss will have his head for losing the biggest customer over a mistake.",
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"To punish someone severely, as by sacking (firing), imprisonment, or similarly harsh penalties."
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"(idiomatic, figurative) To punish someone severely, as by sacking (firing), imprisonment, or similarly harsh penalties."
],
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"word": "have someone's guts for garters"
},
{
"word": "have someone's hide"
},
{
"word": "tan someone's hide"
}
],
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"To kill somebody, especially with violence and especially by decapitation."
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"(literal) To kill somebody, especially with violence and especially by decapitation."
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