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
TiffinyTIF-ə-neeEnglish (Rare)
&Thorn;ÓRfastr-Ancient Scandinavian
Hoshea-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Gaja (1)-Slovene, Polish
Konstantykawn-STAHN-tiPolish
EmilijaEM-ee-lee-yah (Serbian, Croatian)Lithuanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian