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put to death

put to death idiom

Kill, execute, as in Another convicted murderer was put to death last night. [c. 1400]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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