over my dead body
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That breeds an inner feeling of 'over my dead body, this will not happen again, we're going to make sure we win this'.
From BBC
“Over my dead body,” my mother replied, and brought him home and enrolled him in infant physical therapy and later, in special education classes at schools separate from the public school I attended—the only option he had back then.
From Salon
“Over my dead body,” Fox exclaims.
From Los Angeles Times
Gen. William Barr said “over my dead body,” according to his memoir.
From Los Angeles Times
“I categorically opposed making Patel deputy FBI director. I told Mark Meadows it would happen ‘over my dead body,'” he wrote.
From BBC
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