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gives someone the chair

gives someone the chair is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone the chair.

Meaning of give someone the chair

Verb

give someone the chair (third-person singular simple present gives someone the chair, present participle giving someone the chair, simple past gave someone the chair, past participle given someone the chair)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To sentence a person to execution by means of the electric chair.
    • Joseph O'Dell, convicted of a brutal rape and murder, was sentenced to death after a Virginia prosecutor told the jury that if they didn't give him the chair, he'd one day get out and be free to kill again.1997 July 7, Sidney Zion, “High Court Takes Low Road to Justice”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 03 Mar 2009

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Gives someone the chair is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone the chair.

Words near gives someone the chair in the dictionary

  1. gives someone the arm
  2. gives someone the bag
  3. gives someone the boot
  4. gives someone the brush-off
  5. gives someone the business
  6. gives someone the chair
  7. gives someone the cold shoulder
  8. gives someone the creeps
  9. gives someone the eye
  10. gives someone the gears
  11. gives someone the heave-ho

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