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View synonyms for string up

string up



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Idioms and Phrases

Hang; also, kill by hanging. For example, They strung up their Christmas lights in October , or The mob wanted to string him up on the nearest tree . [Early 1800s]

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Example Sentences

In a general mix-up, we'll be in it together, and there ain't no law to string up the whole push.

But if a string is attached to one end it may be unfastened by pulling the string up through the gimlet hole in the door.

He lowered it gently, drew the string up, leaped to the ground outside the wall, and held up his hands to her.

He had the men string up a line from our direct current generator in the shops, to supply power for his electrical instruments.

If you know how to do it you can lift your string up with one hand, and scoop the net under the crab with the other.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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