English Dictionary

string up

verb

(transitive, idiomatic) To kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch. / (intransitive, idiomatic, obsolete) To die by hanging.

I need to string up the lights for the party.

意味（1）

(transitive, idiomatic) To kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch.

I'd string up the whole lot if I had my way, Silver. Poachers and blackguards every one of them.

意味（2）

(intransitive, idiomatic, obsolete) To die by hanging.

And now, my friend, said the Captain, let us understand each other. You have confessed yourself a spy, and should string up to the next tree.

意味（3）

(transitive, idiomatic) To suspend by means of rope, cord or similar material.

He has scars on his ankles, feet and hands from where they strung him up with ropes and beat him.

意味（4）

(transitive, idiomatic) To concatenate; to link in a line.

to string up a sentence