string up

• Verbo frasal que se usa para indicar la acción de colgar algo (como guirnaldas o adornos) de una cuerda o cordel, o, de manera informal, para referirse a ahorcar a una persona (como en una ejecución).

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of hanging something (such as lights or decorations) on a line or cord, or, informally, to hang a person (as in execution).

incontable · verbo irregular · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Hang something upinformal

   To suspend something from a string, rope, or wire.

   colgar (con cuerda, etc.)

   • They strung up the lights across the garden for the party.
   • He strung up the hammock between two trees.
   • We need to string up the decorations before the guests arrive.

   Sinónimosdanglehangslingsuspend

2. Kill by hanginginformal

   To kill someone by hanging them from a rope, often used in a vigilante or informal context.

   Ahorcar (ejecutar informalmente)

   • The mob threatened to string up the thief.
   • In the old West, they would string up outlaws without a trial.
   • The angry crowd wanted to string up the murderer.

   Sinónimosgibbethanglynchnooseswing