sign one's death warrant

verb

To make a decision that dooms one to certain death.

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Meanings

verbsign one's death warrant (third-person singular simple present signs one's death warrant, present participle signing one's death warrant, simple past and past participle signed one's death warrant)

present singular third person signs one's death warrant · participle present signing one's death warrant · participle past signed one's death warrant · past signed one's death warrant

  1. To make a decision that dooms one to certain death.
    1 more example

    1921, Míchael Collins, after signing the Anglo-Irish Treaty Think — what have I got for Ireland? Something which she has wanted these past seven hundred years. Will anyone be satisfied at the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this; early this morning I signed my death warrant. I thought at the time how odd, how ridiculous — a bullet may just as well have done the job five years ago.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dig one's own grave

Translations

Danish underskrive sin egen dødsdom
  • underskrive sin egen dødsdomdoom one to certain death
Finnish allekirjoittaa kuolemantuomionsa
  • allekirjoittaa kuolemantuomionsadoom one to certain death
French signer son arrêt de mort
  • signer son arrêt de mortdoom one to certain death
German sein eigenes Todesurteil unterschreiben, sein eigenes Todesurteil unterzeichnen
  • sein eigenes Todesurteil unterschreibendoom one to certain death
  • sein eigenes Todesurteil unterzeichnendoom one to certain death
Hebrew לחתום על גזר דין מוות, לחתום על פקודת חיסול
  • לחתום על גזר דין מוותdoom one to certain death
  • לחתום על פקודת חיסולdoom one to certain death
  • לחרוץ דיןdoom one to certain death
  • לגזור מוותdoom one to certain death
Polish skazywać się, skazać się
  • skazywać siędoom one to certain death
  • skazać siędoom one to certain death
Russian подписать себе смертный приговор, подписать свой смертный приговор
  • подписать себе смертный приговор (podpisát' sebé smértnyj prigovór)doom one to certain death
  • подписать свой смертный приговор (podpisát' svoj smértnyj prigovór)doom one to certain death
Spanish firmar su propia sentencia de muerte
  • firmar su propia sentencia de muertedoom one to certain death
Turkish kendi ölüm fermanını imzalamak, ölüm fermanını imzalamak
  • kendi ölüm fermanını imzalamakdoom one to certain death
  • ölüm fermanını imzalamakdoom one to certain death
Ukrainian підписа́ти свій сме́ртний ви́рок
  • підписа́ти свій сме́ртний ви́рок (pidpysáty svij smértnyj výrok)doom one to certain death
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Chicago

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