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stretching rope

stretching rope is the present participle and gerund 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 stretching rope

What is stretching rope the present participle and gerund of?
Stretching rope is the present participle and gerund of stretch rope.

Words near stretching rope in the dictionary

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

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