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stretched rope

stretched rope is the simple past and past participle of stretch rope.

Meaning of stretch rope

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

Questions about stretched rope

What is stretched rope the simple past and past participle of?
Stretched rope is the simple past and past participle of stretch rope.

Words near stretched rope in the dictionary

  1. stretched hemp
  2. stretched it out
  3. stretched one's legs
  4. stretched one's wings
  5. stretched out
  6. stretched rope
  7. stretched the envelope
  8. stretched the long bow
  9. stretched the point
  10. stretched the rules
  11. stretched the truth

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