death on

Idioms and Phrases

Very effective against; also, very fond of. For example, “He is a wonderful fielder and sure death on bunts” (Christy Mathewson, Pitching , 1912), or The boss is death on tardiness , or She's death on the latest fashions . [ Slang ; early 1800s]

Example Sentences

Death-on-the-trail Carson formed themselves into a committee of three to ameliorate the monotony.

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This laconic epitome of a gigantic event had crystallized into a moniker for Carson, and he became solely "Death-on-the-trail."

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Iron Jaw and Death-on-the-trail were swallowed up in a seething mass of clamoring devils.

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They reached the old cabin of Death-on-the-trail Reynolds at one oclock, and found there the ranger for that district.

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And this death-on-foot carried a white-cloth board black-bordered like a funeral-card.

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