in cold blood

Meaning

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   acting in a way that is deliberately cruel; with no pity

In the movies · 6

• ...and murdered him in cold blood.The Dark Knight Rises2012
• You are not going to shoot me in cold blood.Tenet2020
• Maybe five, six hundred kilometers due south.The Way Back2010
• ...in cold blood...The Devil's Advocate1997
• You killed the competition in cold blood.Hot Fuzz2007
• She shot him in cold bloodUncharted2022
• He knew I'd killed in cold blood.The Way Back2010
• They murdered 3,000 of our citizens in cold blood.Zero Dark Thirty2012

From the same entry

• a cold fish
• get cold feet
• give the cold shoulder
• in the cold light of day
• leave cold
• pour cold water on
• make blood run cold
• blow hot and cold
• go hot and cold
• come in from the cold
• leave out in the cold
• catch your death