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Meaning of price on someone's head | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A compensation for capturing or killing someone, especially a criminal.

idiomatic

Examples

“The police put a price on his head after he killed four innocent women.”

“"The price on our respective heads has more zeros in it than Pearl Harbor in 1941. Certainly there are safer places to 'get out.'"”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

price point price range price scissors price signal price skimming price stability