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swing for

verb

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. To be punished severely.

  2. To be hanged for a crime.

  3. Swing for someone

    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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA