sign your own death warrant

sign your own death warrant
sign your own death warrant informal phrase
to do something that will cause you great danger or very serious problems
Thesaurus: to cause problems for yourselfsynonym
Main entry: death warrant

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  • sign your own death warrant — sign (your) own death warrant to do something which will stop you from being successful. The company signed its own death warrant by choosing to remain independent rather than going into partnership …   New idioms dictionary

  • sign your own death warrant — informal to do something that will cause you great danger or very serious problems …   English dictionary

  • sign own death warrant — sign (your) own death warrant to do something which will stop you from being successful. The company signed its own death warrant by choosing to remain independent rather than going into partnership …   New idioms dictionary

  • sign own death warrant —    If you do something that causes your own downfall, or prevents you from being successful, you sign your own death warrant.     When he decided to drop out of college, he signed his own death warrant …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • sign one's own death warrant — {v. phr.} To cause your own death or the loss of something you want very much. * /Mr. Carter had lung trouble, and the doctor told him he would sign his own death warrant if he didn t stop smoking./ * /When Jim s fiancee saw him on a date with… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • sign one's own death warrant — {v. phr.} To cause your own death or the loss of something you want very much. * /Mr. Carter had lung trouble, and the doctor told him he would sign his own death warrant if he didn t stop smoking./ * /When Jim s fiancee saw him on a date with… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • sign\ one's\ own\ death\ warrant — v. phr. To cause your own death or the loss of something you want very much. Mr. Carter had lung trouble, and the doctor told him he would sign his own death warrant if he didn t stop smoking. When Jim s fiancee saw him on a date with another… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • death warrant — death ,warrant noun count an official document ordering someone to be punished by death sign your own death warrant INFORMAL to do something that will cause you great danger or very serious problems …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • death warrant — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms death warrant : singular death warrant plural death warrants an official document ordering someone to be punished by death • sign your own death warrant …   English dictionary

  • death warrant — noun (C) 1 an official document stating that someone is to be killed as a punishment for their crimes 2 sign your own death warrant to do something that seems likely to cause you very serious trouble …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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