jdn. ans Messer liefern

to deliver someone to their doom

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Noun

Messer n.

Verb

liefern

Topic

Konflikt und Risiko

In a sentence

Der korrupte Informant lieferte seinen eigenen Partner ans Messer.

How it is used

Idiom meaning 'to deliver someone to their doom' (betray). Colloquial register. Use in an argument about a whistleblower being exposed. Nuance: strong betrayal, often with fatal consequences.

Other verbs that go with Messer

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• ins (offene) Messer laufento walk into a trap
• unter das Messer kommento go under the knife

All collocations with Messer

Other collocations built on liefern

• den Beweis liefernto furnish the proof/deliver evidence
• den Nachweis liefernto deliver the proof