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put a contract out on
put a contract out on someone
[for an underworld character] to order someone to kill someone else. The mob put out a contract on some crook from Detroit.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Ryo | | ṙyo: | Japanese |
| BogusŁAwa | | baw-guw-SWAH-vah | Polish |
| Verity | | VER-i-tee | English (Archaic) |
| Phinehas | | FIN-ee-əs (English) | Biblical |
| Isaura | | ee-SOW-rah (Spanish) | Portuguese, Spanish, Late Roman |
| Nastasia | | - | Russian |