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from my cold, dead hands

from my cold, dead hands prepositional phrase: only after my death.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (excessive, literally) Only after my death.
    • I won't have the government instituting gun control! They can have my shotgun when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.
  2. (idiomatic) Never; not under any circumstances.
    • You want me to sell you a family heirloom like this? Tsk, you can take it from my cold, dead hands.

Synonyms of from my cold, dead hands

Forms of from my cold, dead hands

alternative formfrom my cold, dead fingers

Questions about from my cold, dead hands

What does from my cold, dead hands mean?
From my cold, dead hands means only after my death.
What part of speech is from my cold, dead hands?
From my cold, dead hands is a prepositional phrase.

Words near from my cold, dead hands in the dictionary

  1. from me born
  2. from memory
  3. from Missouri
  4. from moment to moment
  5. from Murphy to Manteo
  6. from my cold, dead hands
  7. from now on
  8. from nowhere
  9. from off
  10. from off of
  11. from on high

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