captain of industry »
A prominent business person who owns or is the highest-ranking executive of one or more major firms, especially one who has considerable wealth and influence.
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execution style »
Resembling an execution; with the victim aware, but unable to defend himself or resist.
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force someone's hand »
Bring about a situation which necessitates an agent to act, often causing a plan to be executed prematurely.
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give someone the chair »
To execute a person by means of the electric chair.
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hospital pass »
A poorly executed pass to a team-mate causing the receiver to present an easy target for a defender, and thus be tackled hard.
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necktie party »
An execution by hanging, especially a lynching.
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shell out »
To use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell.
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warm up »
To prepare for executing an already-learned activity by a limited amount of additional practice.
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wild-goose chase »
A task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome.
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