sign one's death warrant
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sign one's death warrant
verb signs one's death warrant · signing one's death warrant · signed one's death warrant
- To make a decision that dooms one to certain death. 1921, Míchael Collins, after signing the Anglo-Irish Treaty Think — 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 h
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verb doom one to certain death
| Español | firmar su propia sentencia de muerte |
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| Français | signer son arrêt de mort |
| Deutsch | sein eigenes Todesurteil unterschreiben, sein eigenes Todesurteil unterzeichnen |
| Русский | подписать себе смертный приговор podpisát' sebé smértnyj prigovór, подписать свой смертный приговор podpisát' svoj smértnyj prigovór |
| עברית | לחתום על גזר דין מוות, לחתום על פקודת חיסול, לחרוץ דין, לגזור מוות |
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