go to the scaffold en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic) To be executed (usually by hanging or beheading).
More and more people went to the scaffold as the Terror tightened its grip.
1998, Nigel Kelly, Rosemary Rees, Jane Shuter, Britain 1750-1900, page 83:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| goes to the scaffold | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| gone to the scaffold | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| going to the scaffold | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| went to the scaffold | Tense=Past | lexicographic |