- hang someone in effigy
- hang someone in effigyFig. to hang a dummy or some other figure of a hated person. •
They hanged the dictator in effigy.
•The angry mob hanged the president in effigy.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
hang someone in effigy
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