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.
See also:
  • 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