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"etymology_text": "An allusion to being hanged by the neck and then left for dead in a suspended state.",
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"ref": "1987 July 12, William E. Schmidt, “Iran-Contra Hearings”, in New York Times, retrieved 2008-08-23",
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"(idiomatic) To be unassisted and without comfort in a situation likely to result in distress or failure."
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"(idiomatic) To wait for an uncomfortably long period of time."
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