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stretch rope

stretch rope verb: to be executed by hanging.

Verb

stretch rope (third-person singular simple present stretches rope, present participle stretching rope, simple past and past participle stretched rope)

  1. (US, dated, slang) To be executed by hanging.
    • It don't never rain in this damned country and you'll stop lead or stretch rope if you keeps shootin' cattle.1935, Mari Sandoz, Old Jules, page 37

Forms of stretch rope

third-person singular presentstretches rope
present participlestretching rope
past participlestretched rope
paststretched rope

Questions about stretch rope

What does stretch rope mean?
Stretch rope means to be executed by hanging.
What part of speech is stretch rope?
Stretch rope is a verb.
What is the past tense of stretch rope?
The past tense of stretch rope is stretched rope.

Words near stretch rope in the dictionary

  1. stretch one's legs
  2. stretch one's wings
  3. stretch out
  4. stretch pants
  5. stretch printing
  6. stretch rope
  7. stretch shortening cycle
  8. stretch target
  9. stretch targets
  10. stretch the envelope
  11. stretch the long bow

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