put to the sword (English, verb)
expansion: put to the sword (third-person singular simple present puts to the sword, present participle putting to the sword, simple past and past participle put to the sword)
Senses:
glosses: To execute, especially by using a sword.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To severely defeat.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To kill by warfare.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: puts to the sword
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting to the sword
tags: participle
present
form: put to the sword
tags: participle
past
form: put to the sword
tags: past