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Definition of String up

1. Verb. Kill by hanging. "They want to string up the prisoners "; "The murderer was hanged on Friday"

2. Verb. Add as if on a string. "String up these songs and you'll have a musical"

Definition of String up

1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic obsolete) To die by hanging. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To suspend by means of rope, cord or similar material. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of String Up

string out string quartet string quartets string quartette string section string sedge string sedges string someone along string theoretic string theories

string theory string tie string together string trimmer string trimmers string up (current term) stringboard stringboards stringcourse stringcourses

stringed stringed instrument stringed instruments stringencies stringency stringendo stringent stringently stringentness stringer

Literary usage of String up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Department of Archaeology, Free Museum of Science and Art by University of Pennsylvania, University Museum (1905)
"Insert left thumb in this loop from near side under the two inner far string, and over the outer far string, taking this string up on thumb through the loop ..."

2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1881)
"If you have ever twisted a piece of common string up tight, and then, taking the two ends between your thumb and finger, let go of the middle, you know what ..."

3. The Daredevil of the Army: Experiences as a "buzzer" and Despatch Rider by Austin Patrick Corcoran (1918)
"So their simple method is to let it sag, string up another. This in turn is broken. They let that sag, string up another, and so on ad, ..."

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