PUT ONE'S HEAD IN A NOOSE

Meaning of PUT ONE'S HEAD IN A NOOSE in English

bring about one's own downfall.

→ noose

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NOOSE — lace, node current; trappe
English interlingue dictionary
NOOSE — laang
English-Visayan vocabulary
NOOSE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English nose Date: 15th century a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOOSE — I. ˈnüs noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably from Provençal nous knot, from Latin nodus — more at net 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOOSE — (v. t.) To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.
Английский словарь Webster
NOOSE — ( v. t. ) To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — /poot/ , v. , put, putting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to move or place (anything) so as to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOOSE — — nooser , n. /noohs/ , n. , v. , noosed, noosing . n. 1. a loop with a running …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAD — — headlike , adj. /hed/ , n. 1. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOOSE — v. catch with a noose; fasten with a running knot; hang with a noose
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PUT — I. ˈpu̇t verb ( put ; put·ting ) Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOOSE — I. ˈnüs, Britain also ˈnüz noun Etymology: Middle English nose Date: 15th century 1. : a loop with a slipknot …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUT — noun a certain game at cards. 2. put ·noun a pit. 3. put ·impf & ·p.p. of put. 4. put …
Webster English vocab
NOOSE — noun a running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn. 2. noose ·vt to tie …
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Webster English vocab
PUT — [put] vb put ; put.ting [ME putten; akin to OE putung instigation, MD poten to plant] vt (12c) 1 a: …
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NOOSE — [noose] n [ME nose, perh. of Prov origin; akin to Prov nous knot, fr. L nodus--more at node] (15c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NOOSE — noose BrE AmE nuːs ▷ noosed nuːst ▷ nooses ˈnuːs ɪz -əz ▷ noosing ˈnuːs ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PUT — / pʊt; NAmE / verb ( put·ting , put , put ) [ vn ] IN PLACE / POSITION 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOOSE — / nuːs; NAmE / noun a circle that is tied in one end of a rope with a knot that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOOSE — noose /nuːs/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: Probably from Provençal nous 'knot' , from Latin nodus ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOOSE — n. & v. --n. 1 a loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled, esp. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NOOSE — n. & v. n. 1 a loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled, esp. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAD — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
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Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
NOOSE — n. & v. --n. 1. a loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled, esp. …
Oxford English vocab
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Oxford English vocab
PUT — ( puts, putting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'put' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOOSE — ( nooses) A noose is a circular loop at the end of a piece of rope or wire. A noose …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAD — ( heads, heading, headed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Head' is …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NOOSE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB tighten ▪ As the police visibly tighten the noose around the mansion, the guerrillas …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NOOSE — [noun] [C] - one end of a rope tied to form a circle which can be tightened round something such …
Cambridge English vocab
NOOSE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hangman's VERB + NOOSE ▪ fasten , tie ▪ They tied a ~ around her neck. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Longman Activator English vocab
PUT — n. 25B6; verb she put the parcel on a chair : PLACE, set (down), lay (down), deposit, position, settle; leave, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NOOSE — 1. сущ. 1) приспособление для поимки кого-л. а) петля; аркан; лассо to tighten a noose around ≈ затянуть петлю вокруг …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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