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Idioms and Phrases

Very effective against; also, very fond of. For example, “He is a wonderful fielder and sure death on bunts†(Christy Mathewson, Pitching , 1912), or The boss is death on tardiness , or She's death on the latest fashions . [ Slang ; early 1800s]
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His death on Monday morning was confirmed by the theatre.

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Her mother said she was notified of Kimberley's death on the evening of 21 February and told she had died at someone's flat that night.

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"The level of abuse my husband is receiving wishing death on him, vile comments about me, about us as a couple and about him as a person is beyond disgusting," she said.

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Or the one from the University of Chicago in which 7 in 10 Americans placed at least a “moderate†responsibility for Thompson’s death on the health care industry.

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The wife of a woman who was stabbed to death on a beach in Bournemouth has said she wants her killer to know the pain he has caused.

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