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11heads will roll — something that you say which means people will lose their jobs as punishment for making serious mistakes. If the accident was caused by company negligence, then heads will roll …
12heads will roll — informal used for saying that people will be severely punished for something, often by losing their jobs It seems certain more heads will roll as the investigation gathers momentum …
13Heads will roll — If heads will roll, people will be punished or sacked for something that has gone wrong …
14heads will roll (for something) — ˈheads will roll (for sth) idiom (informal, usually humorous) used to say that some people will be punished because of sth that has happened Main entry: ↑headidiom …
15heads will roll — people will be punished, people will lose their jobs …
16heads will roll — people will be dismissed or forced to resign. → head …
17heads roll — informal ◇ If you say that heads will roll or (less commonly) heads are going to roll, you mean that people will be severely punished or will lose their jobs because of something that has happened. When the boss finds out about the mistake, heads …
18roll — {{11}}roll (n.) early 13c., rolled up piece of parchment or paper, from O.Fr. rolle, from M.L. rotulus a roll of paper, from L. rotula small wheel, dim. of rota wheel. Meaning dough which is rolled before baking is first recorded 1580s. Meaning… …
19roll — 1 verb 1 ROUND OBJECT (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) if something that is round rolls or if you roll it, it moves along a surface by turning over and over: The ball rolled into the street. | roll sth: Maybe we can roll the log to… …
20roll — roll1 W3S1 [rəul US roul] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(round object)¦ 2¦(person/animal)¦ 3¦(shape of tube/ball)¦ 4¦(make something flat)¦ 5¦(clothes)¦ 6¦(something with wheels)¦ 7¦(drop of liquid)¦ 8¦(waves/clouds)¦ 9¦(game)¦ 10¦( …
