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Meaning of swing for | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To be punished severely.
    excessive, informal
  2. To be hanged for a crime.
  3. Swing for someone: To be hanged for murdering someone.

Examples

“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”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

swing for the fences swing into action swing off swing one's dick around swing out swing over

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