English Explanatory Dictionary

have someone's head

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To punish someone severely, as by sacking (firing), imprisonment, or similarly harsh penalties.
  2. To kill somebody, especially with violence and especially by decapitation.

Word forms

have someone's head has someone's head having someone's head had someone's head

Synonyms

have someone's guts for garters have someone's hide tan someone's hide amerce castigate chasten chastise come down on correct fix someone's wagon have someone's head give it to someone give someone what for give what for gruel malavogue nail someone to the wall penalize penance punish tar out teach someone a lesson

Related words

heads will roll off with someone's head have someone's back
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