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Meanings of string up in English

Catalan
penjar
Spanish
colgar

To kill by hanging.

penjar
Catalan
penjar
Spanish
encordar

Add as if on a string.

penjar
Usage of string up in English
1
The kind of place someone might, for example, string up a hammock.
Cibola Burn
2
It will be a great task to string up so many thieves.
The Enchanted Island of Yew / Whereon Prince Marvel Encountered ...
3
I'd string up the whole lot if I had my way, Silver.
Red Money
4
He's not the kind you may string up and no questions asked.
Captain Blood
5
Tonino leaned over and fumbled the string up from the table leg.
The Magicians of Caprona
6
I have got to string up the old fiddle for to-night.
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
7
Maybe that's why guys like to string up their victims by the wrists.
After midnight
8
Guy obeyed instructions, and Canaris rapidly drew the string up.
The River of Darkness; Or, Under Africa
9
Mickey helped Charley and me string up our boxing gloves.
Crazy for the storm: a memoir of survival
10
Round in all the bucks and string up the Beaver for an object lesson.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
11
Put a string up through the hole B, Fig.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
12
The mobs string up anyone who arouses their suspicions.
Sisterhood of Dune
13
He eased the string up and lowered the bow.
Brian's return
14
A variable-length string up to 64K in length.
Mysql stored procedure programming
15
Just as the boys were going to string up Fowler, says he, 'Boys, stop; one moment, gentlemen,-Mr.
Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches / An Account of the Big Ga...
16
The English they soon string up the rotten ole Sultan, first they christen 'im jus' for luck--
The Valley of the Kings
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Translations for string up
String up through the time
String up across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common