- kill for something
- kill for somethingSl. to be willing to go to extremes to get something that one really wants or needs. (An exaggeration.) •
I could kill for a cold beer.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
kill for something
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kill someone/something off — get rid of or destroy completely, esp. in large numbers there is every possibility all river life would be killed off for generations ■ (of a writer) bring about the death of a fictional character … Useful english dictionary
do for something — ˈdo for sb/sth derived usually passive (informal) to ruin, destroy or kill sb/sth • Without that contract, we re done for. • It was the cold that did for him in the end. Main entry … Useful english dictionary
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kill — kill1 [ kıl ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make a person or other living thing die: Each year thousands of people are killed and injured on the roads. Many people believe that killing animals for sport is morally wrong. Speed kills … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
kill — [[t]kɪ̱l[/t]] ♦ kills, killing, killed 1) VERB If a person, animal, or other living thing is killed, something or someone causes them to die. [be V ed] More than 1,000 people have been killed by the armed forces... [V pron refl] He had attempted… … English dictionary
kill — I UK [kɪl] / US verb Word forms kill : present tense I/you/we/they kill he/she/it kills present participle killing past tense killed past participle killed *** Other ways of saying kill: murder to deliberately kill someone: She denied murdering… … English dictionary
kill*/*/*/ — [kɪl] verb I 1) [I/T] to make a person or other living thing die Each year thousands of people are killed and injured on the roads.[/ex] Many people believe that killing animals for sport is morally wrong.[/ex] Speed kills.[/ex] 2) [T] informal… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
kill off — verb kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many (Freq. 1) Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe • Syn: ↑exterminate • Derivationally related forms: ↑exterminator (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Kill (Unix) — In Unix and Unix like operating systems, kill is a command used to send simple messages to processes running on the system. By default, the message sent is the termination signal, which requests that the process exit. But kill is something of a… … Wikipedia
