put a contract out on
put a contract out on (one)
slang To order for one to be assassinated. Usually said in reference to organized crime. The mob put a contract out on the accountant because he had agreed to testify in court. It turns out that he had put a contract out on the owner of the business so that he could gain control of it.
See also: contract, on, out, put
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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.
See also: contract, on, out, put
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- put a contract out on (one)
- put a hit (out) on (one)
- fall
- stool on (one)
- stool on someone
- be in the pay of (someone or something)
- be in the pay of somebody/something
- mislead
- mislead (one) about (something)
- mislead about