swing for

swing for something

Fig. [for someone] to die by hanging for committing a crime. The sheriff swore that Tex would swing for the killing. Max said he would not swing for something that Lefty had done.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Steinn	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Aude	OD	French
Carloman	-	History, Ancient Germanic
Pax	-	Roman Mythology
Roxane	rok-SAHN (French), rahk-SAN (English)	French, English, Ancient Greek
Gil (1)	HEEL (Spanish), ZHEEL (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese