Meaning of on one's head | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Assumed or borne, as a responsibility or something blameworthy.
2. Assigned by government authorities as a bounty or penalty.

Examples

“cleopatra [vehemently] He has shed the blood of my servant Ftatateeta. On your head be it as upon his, Cæsar, if you hold him free of it.”

“[M]y father is a man / Outlawed and exiled, under ban; / The price of blood is on his head, […]”

“["T]here wasn't a man around there but had a price on his head and didn't dare show himself in the settlements," […]”

“The Bush Administration had made the capture of General Noriega a principal objective, putting a $1 million bounty on his head.”

“There was a Rs 2.5 million reward on his head.”

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