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heads will roll

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heads will roll
Fig. people will get into severe trouble. When the company's year-end results are known, heads will roll. Heads will roll when the principal sees the damaged classroom.
See also: head, roll

heads will roll
something that you say which means people will lose their jobs as punishment for making serious mistakes If the accident was caused by company negligence, then heads will roll.
See also: head, roll


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The energy crisis is manmade, and when the rock is lifted off the perpetrators, the heads will roll, from Texas to the White House.
Heads will roll, vowed an indignant Mayor George Voinovich, promusing specifically to fire the painters, who make $40,000-$50,000 a year as city employees.
Unless student performance improves, they must make it clear that heads will roll.
 
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