in effigy

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HANG IN EFFIGY or BURN IN EFFIGY.

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hang in effigy

[hang in effigy] or [burn in effigy] {v. phr.} To hang or burn a figure, usually a stuffed dummy, representing a person who is disliked or scorned. * /When the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

effigy

[effigy] See: [HANG IN EFFIGY] or [BURN IN EFFIGY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

burn in effigy

[burn in effigy] See: [HANG IN EFFIGY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

burn

[burn] See: [EARS BURN], [KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING], [MONEY TO BURN]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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