"sign one's death warrant" meaning in English

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      "form": "signed one's death warrant",
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        {
          "text": "1921, Míchael Collins, after signing the Anglo-Irish Treaty\nThink — what have I got for Ireland? Something which she has wanted these past seven hundred years. Will anyone be satisfied at the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this; early this morning I signed my death warrant. I thought at the time how odd, how ridiculous — a bullet may just as well have done the job five years ago."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a decision that dooms one to certain death."
      ],
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        [
          "decision",
          "decision"
        ],
        [
          "doom",
          "doom"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ]
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "doom one to certain death",
          "word": "underskrive sin egen dødsdom"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "doom one to certain death",
          "word": "allekirjoittaa kuolemantuomionsa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "doom one to certain death",
          "word": "signer son arrêt de mort"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "doom one to certain death",
          "word": "sein eigenes Todesurteil unterschreiben"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "doom one to certain death",
          "word": "sein eigenes Todesurteil unterzeichnen"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "doom one to certain death",
          "word": "לחתום על גזר דין מוות"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "doom one to certain death",
          "word": "לחתום על פקודת חיסול"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "doom one to certain death",
          "word": "לחרוץ דין"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "doom one to certain death",
          "word": "לגזור מוות"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "doom one to certain death",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "skazywać się"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "doom one to certain death",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "skazać się"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pidpysáty svij smértnyj výrok",
          "sense": "doom one to certain death",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "підписа́ти свій сме́ртний ви́рок"
        }
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  "word": "sign one's death warrant"
}

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    {
      "form": "signs one's death warrant",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "signing one's death warrant",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signed one's death warrant",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "signed one's death warrant",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "text": "1921, Míchael Collins, after signing the Anglo-Irish Treaty\nThink — what have I got for Ireland? Something which she has wanted these past seven hundred years. Will anyone be satisfied at the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this; early this morning I signed my death warrant. I thought at the time how odd, how ridiculous — a bullet may just as well have done the job five years ago."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a decision that dooms one to certain death."
      ],
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        [
          "decision",
          "decision"
        ],
        [
          "doom",
          "doom"
        ],
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          "death",
          "death"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "doom one to certain death",
      "word": "underskrive sin egen dødsdom"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "doom one to certain death",
      "word": "allekirjoittaa kuolemantuomionsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "doom one to certain death",
      "word": "signer son arrêt de mort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "doom one to certain death",
      "word": "sein eigenes Todesurteil unterschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "doom one to certain death",
      "word": "sein eigenes Todesurteil unterzeichnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "doom one to certain death",
      "word": "לחתום על גזר דין מוות"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "doom one to certain death",
      "word": "לחתום על פקודת חיסול"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "doom one to certain death",
      "word": "לחרוץ דין"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "doom one to certain death",
      "word": "לגזור מוות"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "doom one to certain death",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "skazywać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "doom one to certain death",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "skazać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidpysáty svij smértnyj výrok",
      "sense": "doom one to certain death",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "підписа́ти свій сме́ртний ви́рок"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sign one's death warrant"
}