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signed one's death warrant

signed one's death warrant is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about signed one's death warrant

What is signed one's death warrant the simple past and past participle of?
Signed one's death warrant is the simple past and past participle of sign one's death warrant.

Words near signed one's death warrant in the dictionary

  1. signed into
  2. signed magnitude
  3. signed off
  4. signed on
  5. signed on the dotted line
  6. signed one's death warrant
  7. signed one's own death warrant
  8. signed onto
  9. signed out
  10. signed over
  11. signed up

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