give (someone) the chair

1. To execute someone by electrocution by means of an electric chair. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. Some states will still give a prisoner the chair if they so choose.

2. In professional wrestling, to hit one's opponent with a metal folding chair, which is used as a prop during the performance. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I was shocked to find my kindly old grandmother screaming, "Give him the chair!" during a pro wrestling match on TV.

词组	give (someone) the chair
释义	give (someone) the chair give (someone) the chair 1. To execute someone by electrocution by means of an electric chair. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. Some states will still give a prisoner the chair if they so choose. 2. In professional wrestling, to hit one's opponent with a metal folding chair, which is used as a prop during the performance. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. I was shocked to find my kindly old grandmother screaming, "Give him the chair!" during a pro wrestling match on TV. See also: chair, give Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: the chair nearly fall out of (one's) chair nearly fall off (one's) chair ride the lightning pull up a chair grab a chair (as) sound as a pound give way need doing help (someone) up (from something)
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