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stretches rope

stretches rope is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 stretches rope

What is stretches rope the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stretches rope is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stretch rope.

Words near stretches rope in the dictionary

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

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