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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
Mr Carter said his cousin, who lives in Trémolat, called him after seeing a post about Mrs Carter's death on a local community Facebook page.
Within a month of this video being posted online, Ali and Shahzad were dead - beaten to death on the boat journey sold to them by Gujjar, who promised a safe route into Europe.
Mr Mosquera, a Colombian national, previously admitted the manslaughter of Mr Alfonso in a "loss of control" and blamed Mr Longworth's death on Mr Alfonso.
The band posted news of Thomas’ death on its official Facebook page, where the cause of death was given as “a long illness.”
When the world learned of Pope Francis' death on Monday morning, an Irish-American cardinal, little known in the wider world, was the one to break the news.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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