death against

A form of dead against — Unequivocally and intransigently opposed to.

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Meanings

preposition
  1. alternativenonstandardrareAlternative form of dead against.

    He was death against liquor, though.

    1983, Ira E. Shea, Margaret Elley Felt, The Grange was My Life, page 15
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    "I know," O'Donnell supposedly muttered. "I was death against it from the beginning . . . ."

    1972, Burton Hersh, The Education of Edward Kennedy: A Family Biography, page 159

    He would always sniff for the telltale odor of kerosene, which the residents might have used for starting fires in their stoves — Edwin was death against it because of the hazard to the whole village.

    1982, Katharine Blaisdell, Over the River and Through the Years - Volume 4, page 3
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APA

death against. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20against

MLA

“death against.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20against. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “death against,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20against.

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