be out for scalp



be out for/after somebody's scalp

  (mainly American)
to want to punish someone because you blame them for something bad that has happened The mayor has made one mistake too many and the voters are out for his scalp.
See also: out, scalp

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Adedayo-Western African, Yoruba
Javierahah-VYE-rahSpanish
RÉMire-MEEFrench
Mert-Turkish
JĀZeps-Latvian
BertaBER-tah (Polish, German, Italian)Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Slovene