price on someone's head en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From the earlier punishment of beheading criminals. The usage of this idiom began in the mid-1700s.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) A compensation for capturing or killing someone, especially a criminal.
The police put a price on his head after he killed four innocent women.
"The price on our respective heads has more zeros in it than Pearl Harbor in 1941. Certainly there are safer places to 'get out.'"
2005 February 6, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2023:
Translations (1)
es precio por su cabeza (verb)