string up | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Tokill(a person) byhanging, especially tolynch.Synonyms:hang,scrag;see alsoThesaurus:kill by hanging1911,Fergus Hume, chapter 8, inRed Money:I'dstring upthe whole lot if I had my way, Silver. Poachers and blackguards every one of them.2003February 17, J. Barry, E. Thomas, “Boots, Bytes and Bombs”, inNewsweek:After years of brutal repression, any member of Saddam's palace guard stands to bestrung upfrom the nearest lamppost by a vengeful Iraqi populace.; (intransitive,idiomatic,obsolete)Todieby hanging.Synonyms:hang,swing;see alsoThesaurus:die by hanging1818,Sir Walter Scott, chapter 13, inRob Roy:"And now, my friend," said the Captain, "let us understand each other. You have confessed yourself a spy, and shouldstring upto the next tree."; (transitive,idiomatic)Tosuspendby means ofrope,cordor similar material.2007March 7, Brigid Schulte, “Escaping a Painful Past To Find a Shaky Future”, inWashington Post, retrieved 24 Jan. 2009:He has scars on his ankles, feet and hands from where theystrung him upwith ropes and beat him.; (transitive,idiomatic)Toconcatenate; tolinkin a line.tostring upa sentence

Examples:

EN: Chief, I'd like to string up this microphone by the window.
ES: - Quiero colocar este micrófono en la ventana.
EN: The sheriff said I'd get a fair trial when he brought me in, but these X-Bar riders will string up a suspected moonlighter first and prove he was guilty later.
ES: El sheriff me prometió un juicio justo. Pero estos pistoleros primero cazan al sospechoso y luego prueban su culpabilidad.
EN: You fix that string up and wish you were in The Land of Cotton old time and not forgotten... and look away in Dixie Land...
ES: Afina esa cuerda y toca aquella de Dixieland.
EN: I never figured Hal Crane would have the nerve to string up barbed wire.
ES: Nunca creí que Hal Crane fuera capaz de tender el alambre de púas.
EN: Yes, we going to string up the dirty little animal that done this.
ES: Sí, señor, vamos a colgar a la bestia inmunda que ha hecho esto.
EN: We'll string up that mangler of children.
ES: Colgaremos a ese asesino de niños aunque sea lo último que hagamos.
EN: Now do we string up the bunch of you or cooperate and be the guest of honor.
ES: ¿O lo ahorcamos o será nuestro huésped de honor?
EN: We'll string up half a dozen of 'em for a start.
ES: Colgaremos a media docena para empezar.
EN: We ought to string up a few of them. Just to set an example.
ES: Deberíamos colgar a algunos, darles un ejemplo.
EN: We ought to string up a few of them.
ES: Por mí, pueden poseer toda la tierra. - ¿Qué dices, Archie?
EN: Did you string up your Christmas cards?
ES: - ¿Colgaste tus tarjetas navideñas? - Oh, algo así.
EN: Post a new guard and string up someone instead of the Khan.
ES: Pon un guardia nuevo y cuelga a otro en vez de al khan.
EN: Never mind covering yourself in Mazola and lying around with string up your crack.
ES: No hace falta tanta crema para tumbarse con un hilo en el culo. No.
EN: Well, Sam, our lifetimes are like a piece of string but if you roll the string up into a ball, all the days of your life...
ES: Bien, Sam, nuestra vida es como una cuerda... pero si la enrollas... y haces una pelota... todos los días de tu vida...
EN: Yeah, maybe I'll even string up Cat and Daph, so customers can get a free bang for every buck they spend at the bar.
ES: Sí, tal vez incluso cuelgue a Cat y Daph, para que los clientes puedan obtener una ganancia gratis por cada dólar que gasten en el bar.

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