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have (someone's) number on it

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have (someone's) number on it

To be considered the agent or instrument of one's fate, especially leading to death. Those poor souls should have been safe in that trench, but it looks like that artillery shell had their number on it.
See also: have, number, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ramla-Arabic
Sigvard-Swedish
MartinMAHR-tən (English), mar-TEN (French), MAHR-teen (German, Finnish), MAHR-tin (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), MAWR-teen (Hungarian), mahr-TIN (Bulgarian)English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croa
Ashe[æf]
Margarettamahr-gə-RET-əEnglish
JØRg-Danish, Norwegian
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