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- get a price on (one's) head
get a price on (one's) head
get a price on (one's) head
To have an amount of money be offered as a reward for one's capture. I'm sorry, but we can't travel with your brother any longer. He's got a price on his head, and it's too dangerous for the rest of us! I'll never be able to live peacefully in this town as long as I've got a price on my head.