swing for

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be punished severely. excessive,informal
  2. To be hanged for a crime.
  3. Swing for someone: To be hanged for murdering someone.
    — I'll swing for him, when I get out. Katherine Lynch reported in “Minor Matters: Willing to "Swing for Him."”, in Weekly Mail, Cardiff, 20 June 1908, page 10

词形变化

swings for present,singular,third-person swinging for participle,present swung for participle,past swung for past

词源

From the sense of "swing" meaning to be hung by the neck as capital punishment.
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