wring someone's neck

wring someone's neck
wring someone’s neck phrase
used for emphasizing how angry you are with someone

When he finds out what you did, he’ll wring your neck!

Thesaurus: expressions showing anger and used in argumentshyponym arguments and arguingsynonym
Main entry: wring

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wring someone's neck — see wring
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Main Entry:neck
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wring someone's neck
informal
— used to say that you are very angry with someone

He makes me so mad! I could wring his neck!

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Main Entry:wring

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • wring — ► VERB (past and past part. wrung) 1) squeeze and twist to force liquid from. 2) break (an animal s neck) by twisting forcibly. 3) squeeze (someone s hand) tightly. 4) (wring from/out of) obtain with difficulty or effort. 5) cause great pain or… …   English terms dictionary

  • neck — 1 /nek/ noun 1 PART OF THE BODY (C) the part of your body that joins your head to your shoulders: She wore a string of pearls around her neck. 2 CLOTHING (C) the part of a piece of clothing that goes around your neck: the neck of the shirt | The… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • wring the neck of — behead someone, physically abuse …   English contemporary dictionary

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