go to the scaffold

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Meanings:

1.
BritishHistoricalidiomaticformalhistorical
- To be executed by means such as hanging or beheading.
2.
Globalidiomaticformalliterary
- To suffer public punishment, disgrace, or severe sanction.

Examples:

EN: He'll go to the scaffold.
ES: Irá al cadalso.
EN: He'll go to the scaffold.
ES: Irá al cadalso.
EN: Anyone tries to approach it and to give them councils, will go to the scaffold with she.
ES: Si alguien trata de acercársele y asesorarla, irá a la hoguera con ella.

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