giving someone the chair
giving someone the chair is the present participle and gerund 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)
- 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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- Giving someone the chair is the present participle and gerund of give someone the chair.
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