hands someone his head

== English == === Alternative forms === hand someone their head on a plate hand someone their head on a platter === Etymology === Possibly an allusion to the story of Salome demanding the head of John the Baptist in a charger. === Pronunciation === === Verb === hand someone their head (third-person singular simple present hands someone their head, present participle handing someone their head, simple past and past participle handed someone their head) To kill, especially by beheading. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (idiomatic, by extension) To destroy; to defeat utterly. === See also === give someone their head