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String up   /strɪŋ əp/   Listen
String up

verb
1.
Kill by hanging.  Synonym: hang.
2.
Add as if on a string.  Synonym: string.  "String up these songs and you'll have a musical"






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"String up" Quotes from Famous Books



... rum things, - everything that I want. And you see that each beggar's got a hole drilled in him. And you see, here's a longish string with a little bit of hooked wire at the end, made so that I can easily hang the card on it. Well, I pass the string up my coat sleeve, and down under my waistcoat; and here, you see, I've got the wire end in the palm of my hand. Then, I slip out the card I want, and hook it on to the wire, so that I can have it just before me as I write. Then, if any of the examiners look suspicious, or if one of them comes round ...
— The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green • Cuthbert Bede



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