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signs one's death warrant

signs one's death warrant is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 signs one's death warrant

What is signs one's death warrant the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Signs one's death warrant is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sign one's death warrant.

Words near signs one's death warrant in the dictionary

  1. signs of the times
  2. signs of the zodiac
  3. signs off
  4. signs on
  5. signs on the dotted line
  6. signs one's death warrant
  7. signs one's own death warrant
  8. signs onto
  9. signs out
  10. signs over
  11. signs up

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