be out for/after sb's scalp
to want to defeat or punish someone in some way:
He's made one mistake too many, and now they're out for his scalp.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Angry and displeased
- acrimonious
- aggrieved
- amused
- annoyed
- apoplectic
- fed up
- fed up to the back teeth idiom
- fit to be tied idiom
- furious
- furiously
- huff
- incandescent
- incense
- peeved
- pique
- pissed off
- rancour
- resentful
- scalp
- stormy
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