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death on
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]Example Sentences
His death on Monday morning was confirmed by the theatre.
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.
"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.
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.
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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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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