on pain of death

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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.

See also: death, pain

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They choose a king, whom they call Lubo: every eighth year they carry their wives with them, and expose their children without any tenderness in the woods, it being prohibited, on pain of death, to take any care of those which are born in the camp. A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context Charles Evremonde, called Darnay, was accused by the public prosecutor as an emigrant, whose life was forfeit to the Republic, under the decree which banished all emigrants on pain of Death. A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context The bride's brother at her entreaty was released, but bidden not to return to the church that day or interfere with his sister again on pain of death. Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context			on honor on horseback on ice on impulse on its feet on its last legs on its merits on knees on land on last legs on loan on location on medication on mind on moral grounds on nerves on no account on no account must on occasion on one hand on order on own account on own hook on own time on pain of on pain of death on paper on par on parole on patrol on person on pins and needles on principle on probation on purpose on radar on record on sale on say-so on schedule on second thought on shaky ground on short notice on shoulders on side on sight on speaking terms on spec on standby on steroids on tail			on own ground on own ground on own hook on own hook on own hook on own hook on own hook on own hook on own initiative on own initiative on own initiative On Own Recognizance on own responsibility on own responsibility on own responsibility on own responsibility on own time on own time on own time on own time on own time on own volition on own volition on own volition on own volition on pain on pain on pain on pain on pain of on pain of death on paper on paper on paper on paper on paper on paper on par on par On Parole on patrol on penalty on penalty on penalty on penalty On penalty of on period on person On Phone Call on pins and needles on pins and needles on pins and needles on plate on plate on plate On Point on pointe On Pourrait Faire Autrement On Premise Laundry Systems, Inc. On Premise Station On Premises Accreditation Program

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