harm a hair on someone's head

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harm a hair on someone's head

  1. (figuratively) To hurt someone.
    Synonym: touch a hair on someone's head

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  • Chiefly used in negative sentences, as an admonition: a person should not be hurt in the slightest degree, or else there will be consequences.

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