单词 | walk the plank |
释义 | walk the plank in British Englishto be forced by pirates to walk to one's death off the end of a plank jutting out over the water from the side of a ship walk the plank in British English plank1 (sense 4) See full dictionary entry for walkwalk the plank in American English to walk blindfolded and manacled off a plank projecting from the side of a ship, as the victims of pirates were sometimes forced to do walk the plankto accept responsibility for something that has gone wrong and leave your position If they think that the President is going to lose, they might decide, `OK, why shouldI walk the plank for him?' Examples of 'walk the plank' in a sentence |
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