- go\ to\ the\ chair
- v. phr.To be executed in the electric chair.
After many stays of execution, the criminal finally had to go to the chair.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
go\ to\ the\ chair
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