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
Zubaida	-	Arabic
Luana	loo-AN-ə (English), loo-AH-nah (Italian)	English, Italian, Portuguese
Bolanle	-	Western African, Yoruba
Nicky	NIK-ee	English
LÍDia	LEE-dyə (Portuguese), LEE-jyə (Brazilian Portuguese)	Portuguese, Catalan, Hungarian
Lorrin	-	English (Rare)