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Phrase(s): hang someone for something
1. Lit. to execute someone by hanging for doing something. • The state prosecutor will try to hang you for this crime. • The sheriff wanted to hang Jed for murder. 2. Fig. to extract an overly severe punishment for some deed. • They are trying to hang me for a parking ticket. • You can’t hang me just for coming in late!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs