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sign one's own death warrant

sign one's own death warrant is the alternative form of sign one's death warrant.

Meaning of sign one's death warrant

Verb

sign 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)

  1. To make a decision that dooms one to certain death.
    • 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...1921, Míchael Collins, after signing the Anglo-Irish Treaty

Forms of sign one's own death warrant

third-person singular presentsigns one's own death warrant
present participlesigning one's own death warrant
past participlesigned one's own death warrant
pastsigned one's own death warrant

Questions about sign one's own death warrant

What is sign one's own death warrant the alternative form of?
Sign one's own death warrant is the alternative form of sign one's death warrant.

Words near sign one's own death warrant in the dictionary

  1. sign on
  2. sign on bonus
  3. sign on bonuses
  4. sign on the dotted line
  5. sign one's death warrant
  6. sign one's own death warrant
  7. sign ons
  8. sign onto
  9. sign out
  10. sign over
  11. sign ruler

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