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String   1. String Up Sth • String Sth Up To Fasten High Position Forms Long

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  1. string up sth • string sth up to fasten something in a high position, especially something that forms a long line:
   ▪ Workmen were busy stringing up the Christmas lights in the centre of town.
   ▪ On summer evenings he would lie in the hammock strung up in the tiny courtyard.
  2. string up sb • string sb up to kill someone by tying a rope around their neck and making them hang from it:
   ▪ If he's the bomber, they ought to string him up!
   ▪ films about tough lawmen coming to town to string up horse thieves
   ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑hang 

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