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would it kill someone

would it kill someone phrase: indicates the speaker is annoyed that someone is not doing something they should do.

Phrase

would it kill someone

  1. (rhetoric) Indicates the speaker is annoyed that someone is not doing something they should do.
    • Would it kill you to pay more attention in lectures?

Questions about would it kill someone

What does would it kill someone mean?
Would it kill someone means indicates the speaker is annoyed that someone is not doing something they should do.
What part of speech is would it kill someone?
Would it kill someone is a phrase.

Words near would it kill someone in the dictionary

  1. Woughton
  2. would
  3. would give a Jew's eye
  4. would have liked to
  5. would it hurt
  6. would it kill someone
  7. would like
  8. would lose one's head if it wasn't attached
  9. would lose one's head if it wasn't bolted on
  10. would lose one's head if it wasn't glued on
  11. would lose one's head if it wasn't screwed on

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