"die by hanging" meaning in English

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Verb

  1. Tags: no-gloss Hypernyms: die Related terms: kill by hanging, swing for, gallows, gallows bird, hangworthy
    Sense id: en-die_by_hanging-en-verb-47DEQpj8 Synonyms: dance on a rope [dated], dance on nothing [archaic, idiomatic], dance the hempen jig [colloquial], dance the Tyburn jig [archaic], dance upon nothing [archaic], dangle, go to the scaffold [idiomatic], hang, ride a horse foaled by an acorn [obsolete], stretch hemp, string up [obsolete], swing, take a ride to Tyburn [archaic], trine, truss [archaic, slang], wag hemp
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