sign one's death warrant en · VERB
Meanings
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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 how odd, how ridiculous — a bullet may just as well have done the job five years ago.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| signed one's death warrant | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| signed one's death warrant | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| signs one's death warrant | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| signing one's death warrant | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (17)
tr ölüm fermanını imzalamak (doom one to certain death) · ru подписать себе смертный приговор (doom one to certain death) · de sein eigenes Todesurteil unterschreiben (doom one to certain death) · he לחרוץ דין (doom one to certain death) · uk підписа́ти свій сме́ртний ви́рок (doom one to certain death) · es firmar su propia sentencia de muerte (doom one to certain death) · pl skazywać się (doom one to certain death) · pl skazać się (doom one to certain death) · fi allekirjoittaa kuolemantuomionsa (doom one to certain death) · he לחתום על גזר דין מוות (doom one to certain death) · tr kendi ölüm fermanını imzalamak (doom one to certain death) · de sein eigenes Todesurteil unterzeichnen (doom one to certain death) · da underskrive sin egen dødsdom (doom one to certain death) · ru подписать свой смертный приговор (doom one to certain death) · fr signer son arrêt de mort (doom one to certain death) · he לחתום על פקודת חיסול (doom one to certain death) · he לגזור מוות (doom one to certain death)