put a price on (someone's) head



put a price on (someone's) head

To offer an amount of money as a reward for someone's capture. I'm sorry, but we can't travel with your brother any longer. The sheriff put a price on his head, and it's too dangerous for the rest of us! Once they put a price on my head, I knew I'd never be able to live in this town peacefully.
See also: head, on, price, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sunan-Thai
Kinneret-Hebrew
June[dʒu:n]
Manya-Russian
ĈIelachee-E-lahEsperanto
IgorEE-gər (Russian), EE-gawr (Polish)Russian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian