swing for
swing for · swings for · swung for · swinging for
To be punished severelyTo be punished severely.
» Tom bought a swing set for his children.
Meaning
3 senses(excessive, informal)To be punished severely.
To be hanged for a crime.
Swing for someone: To be hanged for murdering someone.
I'll swing for him, when I get out. Katherine Lynch reported in “Minor Matters: Willing to "Swing for Him."”, in Weekly Mail, Cardiff, 20 June 1908, page 10
Examples
1 sentencesTom bought a swing set for his children.
Origin
From the sense of "swing" meaning to be hung by the neck as capital punishment.From the sense of "swing" meaning to be hung by the neck as capital punishment.
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Forms
swings for, swinging for, swung for, swung for| Base form | swing for · to swing for |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | swings for |
| Present participle | swinging for |
| Past simple | swung for |
| Past participle | swung for |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
8 phrasal verbs- swing outгойдатисяUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swing, out.
- swing overгойдатисяSynonym of swing by (“pay a brief informal visit”).
- swing offTo steer one's bicycle to the side in order to allow other riders to overtake.
- swing backTo return to a previous position.
- swing awayTo swing at a pitch, as opposed to bunting; to take a full swing.
- swing forTo be punished severely.
- swing throughTo swing and miss at a pitch.
- swing byTo pay a brief, informal visit.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb