swing for

短语

被吊死

词形变化

swinging for swings for 三单 swings for swung for swinging for 现在分词 swung for 过去式 swung for 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To be punished severely.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    To be hanged for a crime.

  3. 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

词源

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

来源：wiktionary