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over my dead body

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over my dead body

(spoken)

I will never let this happen a€?Wouldn't it be cool if Dad's band played at your party?a€? a€?Over my dead body!a€?

Usage notes: said in reaction to what someone else has said

See also: body, dead

over my dead body

if you say that something will happen over your dead body, you mean that you will do everything you can to prevent it 'Josh says he's going to buy a motorbike.' 'Over my dead body!' If they cut down those trees, they'll do it over my dead body.

See also: body, dead

over my dead body

In no way, under no circumstances, as in Over my dead body will you drop out of high school. This hyperbolic expression is often used jokingly. [Early 1800s]

See also: body, dead

over my dead body

Used to express dramatic refusal.

See also: body, dead