"swing for" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the sense of \"swing\" meaning to be hung by the neck as capital punishment.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "swings for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swinging for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swung for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swung for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "swing<swings,swinging,swung> for"
      },
      "expansion": "swing for (third-person singular simple present swings for, present participle swinging for, simple past and past participle swung for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English hyperboles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 12 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (for)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be punished severely."
      ],
      "id": "en-swing_for-en-verb-osqIWvmU",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, hyperbolic) To be punished severely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "excessive",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To be hanged for a crime."
      ],
      "id": "en-swing_for-en-verb-ZRNiNMJk"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'll swing for him, when I get out. Katherine Lynch reported in “Minor Matters: Willing to \"Swing for Him.\"”, in Weekly Mail, Cardiff, 1908 June 20, page 10"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Swing for someone: To be hanged for murdering someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-swing_for-en-verb-vs6w0btx"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swing for"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (for)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the sense of \"swing\" meaning to be hung by the neck as capital punishment.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "swings for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swinging for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swung for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swung for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "swing<swings,swinging,swung> for"
      },
      "expansion": "swing for (third-person singular simple present swings for, present participle swinging for, simple past and past participle swung for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English hyperboles",
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be punished severely."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, hyperbolic) To be punished severely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "excessive",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To be hanged for a crime."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'll swing for him, when I get out. Katherine Lynch reported in “Minor Matters: Willing to \"Swing for Him.\"”, in Weekly Mail, Cardiff, 1908 June 20, page 10"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Swing for someone: To be hanged for murdering someone."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swing for"
}