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2022-02-09 11:02
A price on (one's) head phrase
The "head" in this term presumably alludes to the older punishment of beheading.
A monetary reward or cash prize for finding, apprehending, or killing someone who has committed a crime.
On knowing that the police put a price on John's head, his brother decided to turn him in.
The rebel leader must be trying to flee to one of the remotest areas of the world as the government has put a price on his head.
1. To raise one's hat in salutation.
2. To give a commendation.
This phrase dates from the mid-1700s.
Do you see anything wrong?
To be dishonest or deceptive and no one can believe
No one believes what she said. She couldn't lie straight in bed.
