into a/the noose
Frequency: 5.01.5 per million words
Indicates movement into the loop of a noose.
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Examples (10)
- He put his head into the noose.
- The criminal walked willingly into the noose.
- His reckless actions led him directly into a metaphorical noose.
- She felt trapped, as if drawn into a noose of her own making.
- By signing the contract, they effectively walked into a financial noose.
- The politician's lies eventually tightened into a noose around his career.
- He found himself ensnared into a legal noose.
- Don't let them trick you into a noose of debt.
- The company's desperation drove it into a perilous noose.
- The detective realized the suspect was backing himself into a noose.