"go to the scaffold" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: goes to the scaffold [present, singular, third-person], going to the scaffold [participle, present], went to the scaffold [past], gone to the scaffold [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> to the scaffold}} go to the scaffold (third-person singular simple present goes to the scaffold, present participle going to the scaffold, simple past went to the scaffold, past participle gone to the scaffold)
  1. (idiomatic) To be executed by hanging. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-go_to_the_scaffold-en-verb-JPidyarF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for go to the scaffold meaning in All languages combined (1.3kB)

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