send someone to glory

send someone to glory
send someone to glory
1. Fig. to kill someone. •

One shot sent him to glory.

You want me to send you to glory or something?

2. Fig. to officiate at the burial services for someone. •

The preacher sent him to glory amidst the sobs of his relatives.

The preacher probably gets fifty bucks for every stiff he sends to glory.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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