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under pain of death

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  • under pain of death — on/under pain of death formal if you are told to do something on pain of death, you will be killed if you do not do it. They had been told to leave their homes by noon on pain of death …   New idioms dictionary

  • under pain of death — expected to receive the death penalty, eligible for capital punishment …   English contemporary dictionary

  • under\ pain\ of — • on pain of • under pain of prep. formal At the risk of; under penalty of. The workers went on strike on pain of losing their jobs. The rebels had to swear under pain of death never to confess where their comrades were hiding …   Словарь американских идиом

  • on pain of death — on/under pain of death formal if you are told to do something on pain of death, you will be killed if you do not do it. They had been told to leave their homes by noon on pain of death …   New idioms dictionary

  • under pain of something — on/under/pain of something phrase used for threatening someone I told her on pain of death not to tell Pete that I was involved. Thesaurus: ways of threatening someonesynonym Main entry: pain * * * on/under pain of …   Useful english dictionary

  • pain — (p[=a]n), n. [OE. peine, F. peine, fr. L. poena, penalty, punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. poinh penalty. Cf. {Penal}, {Pine} to languish, {Punish}.] 1. Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • on/under pain of — formal : at the risk of being given (a particular form of punishment) She was ordered to remain silent under pain of imprisonment. He cannot return to the country on pain of death. [=he will be killed if he returns to the country] • • • Main… …   Useful english dictionary

  • on or under pain of — idi on or under pain of, subject to the penalty of; risking: on pain of death[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

  • pain — pain1 W2S2 [peın] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: peine, from Latin poena, from Greek poine payment, punishment ] 1.) [U and C] the feeling you have when part of your body hurts pain in ▪ The pain in her jaw had come back. ▪ I had …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pain — pain1 [ peın ] noun count or uncount *** 1. ) a feeling that you have in a part of your body when you are hurt or become sick: chest/stomach pains Harry has been enduring considerable back pain for a number of years. pain in: I m having terrible… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pain — 1 /peIn/ noun 1 PHYSICAL (C, U) the feeling you have when part of your body hurts: be in pain (=having a pain in part of your body): Take these tablets if you re in pain. | feel pain: We ve given him an anaesthetic so he shouldn t feel any pain.… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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