condemn (someone) to (something)
condemn (someone) to (something)
To assign one a particular fate or punishment. That criminal has been condemned to a life of hard labor.
See also: condemn
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
condemn someone to something
[for a judge] to sentence someone to something; to relegate someone to a particular punishment. By confessing, he condemned himself to many years in prison. I don't want to condemn you to a life of unpleasantness.
See also: condemn
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- on one's
- on someone's
- (something) gives me life
- out of one's
- (I've) got to go
- (some city's) finest
- (as) hard as a rock
- (as) hard as stone
- save someone's skin
- it's dogged that does it