strung up

British  

adjective

1. informal (postpositive) tense or nervous

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Example Sentences

In the Fashion District on Friday morning, workers hoisted up the metal grates protecting storefronts, strung up canopies and set up racks of clothing and signs advertising sales for $1 accessories, $2 shirts.

From Los Angeles Times

As the nights draw in and festive lights are getting strung up, some of us might start to hope - or dream - of seeing some Christmas snowfall.

From BBC

“It had been difficult to attract funding. So our camp for eight people was mostly what Peter and I scrounged from a US Air Force base near Istanbul: part of a canvas mess tent, some discarded cot mattresses, torn parachutes we strung up for shade.… Without refrigeration in temperatures that reached 110 degrees Fahrenheit, most mornings we lived on little more than beans, rice, tomatoes, olives, and watermelon for three months.”

From Literature

He’s been kicked out of a tiki bar, ridden on a city bus full of Santas that was pulled over by police, and late one night in 1995, he was strung up to a light pole on San Francisco’s Market Street.

From The Wall Street Journal

Signs strung up around the living room read “God loves you” and “Welcome home we missed you so much.”

From Los Angeles Times