English Explanatory Dictionary

dance on a rope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be hanged.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dance, rope.; to dance on a tightrope or slack rope as an entertainer.

Word forms

dance on a rope dances on a rope dancing on a rope danced on a rope

Synonyms

hang swing dance on a rope dance on nothing dance the hempen jig dance the Tyburn jig dance upon nothing dangle ride a horse foaled by an acorn stretch hemp string up take a ride to Tyburn trine truss wag hemp
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