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swing for en · VERB

Etymology

From the sense of "swing" meaning to be hung by the neck as capital punishment.

Meanings

  1. (excessive, informal) To be punished severely.
  2. To be hanged for a crime.
  3. Swing for someone: To be hanged for murdering someone.
    • I'll swing for him, when I get out. Katherine Lynch reported in “Minor Matters: Willing to "Swing for Him."”, in Weekly Mail, Cardiff, 20 June 1908, page 10

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
swung for Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
swung for Tense=Past lexicographic
swings for Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
swinging for Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic