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Have someone's head

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To punish someone severely, as by sacking (firing), imprisonment, or similarly harsh penalties. figuratively, idiomatic

    "The boss will have his head for losing the biggest customer over a mistake."

  2. 2
    To kill somebody, especially with violence and especially by decapitation.

    "The tyrant would have their heads for their temerity."

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