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string up en · VERB

(idiomatic, transitive) To kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch.
- I'd string up the whole lot if I had my way, Silver. Poachers and blackguards every one of them. 1911, Fergus Hume, chapter 8, in Red Money:
- After years of brutal repression, any member of Saddam's palace guard stands to be strung up from the nearest lamppost by a vengeful Iraqi populace. 2003 February 17, J. Barry, E. Thomas, “Boots, Bytes and Bombs”, in Newsweek:
(idiomatic, intransitive, obsolete) To die by hanging.
- "And now, my friend," said the Captain, "let us understand each other. You have confessed yourself a spy, and should string up to the next tree." 1818, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 13, in Rob Roy:
(idiomatic, transitive) To suspend by means of rope, cord or similar material.
- He has scars on his ankles, feet and hands from where they strung him up with ropes and beat him. 2007 March 7, Brigid Schulte, “Escaping a Painful Past To Find a Shaky Future”, in Washington Post, retrieved 24 Jan 2009:
(idiomatic, transitive) To concatenate; to link in a line.
- to string up a sentence

Spelling	Features	Source
strings up	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
strung up	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
strung up	Tense=Past	lexicographic
stringing up	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic