dead or alive
adjEtymology
From usage in wanted posters in the 19th century American West and, especially in popular drama about the American West in that period.
Definitions
Either dead or alive.
Used to indicate someone is being sought for some kind of punishment or reprimand, and…
Used to indicate someone is being sought for some kind of punishment or reprimand, and that (s)he may be killed in the process of finding, as if this was reasonable punishment.
- Wanted: dead or alive.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for dead or alive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA