string sb up
informal — phrasal verb with string /strɪŋ/ verb [T] (strung, strung)Definition
› to kill someone by hanging them by the neck from a rope, usually as a punishment for a crime: He reckons they're too soft on mass murderers and says they ought to be strung up.Death penalties › to punish someone severely: He ought to be strung up for what he said about his mother.Punishing and punishmentsPunishing by causing painHitting and beating
(Definition of string sb up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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