death on

1. Very effective against; also, very fond of. For example, “He is a wonderful fielder and sure death on bunts” (Christy Mathewson, Pitching, 1912), or The boss is death on tardiness, or She's death on the latest fashions. [Slang; early 1800s]

Example Sentences

Kalysha seemed to share the news of her estranged husband’s death on X, tweeting “God woke me up at 2:00am… I couldn’t sleep.”

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Kirk’s assassination would fit neatly into any future edition of Mr. Ball’s work: The effect of Kirk’s death on public sentiment and political opinion is only beginning to be understood.

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In the main, Murphy used their collective notoriety to draw us into a show that turned out to be more about Versace’s murderer, Andrew Cunanan, and the ordinary people he murdered during a cross-country spree that ended with Versace’s death on the doorstep of his Miami home.

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His death on Dec. 14 sparked tributes from the fashion world as well as political leaders, including Spain’s prime minister.

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Sandiford was sentenced to death on the Indonesian island of Bali in 2013, after she was convicted of trafficking drugs.

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