effigy

Related to effigy: tempestuously

burn (one) in effigy

To set on fire something that symbolizes a person who one opposes. In protest of the war, a large group has set about burning the president in effigy.
See also: burn, effigy

hang (someone) in effigy

To protest someone by displaying a representation of them, such as an image or dummy, being hanged. (An "effigy" is such a representation.) In protest of the war, a large group has set about hanging the president in effigy outside the White House.
See also: effigy, hang

in effigy

Symbolically; publicly in the form of an effigy. (Typically used with the verbs "burn" or "hang.") In protest of the war, a large group has set about burning the president in effigy outside the White House.
See also: effigy
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

burn someone in effigy

to burn a dummy or other figure that represents a hated person. For the third day in a row, they burned the king in effigy. Until they have burned you in effigy, you can't really be considered a famous leader.
See also: burn, effigy

hang someone in effigy

Fig. 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.
See also: effigy, hang
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

in effigy

Symbolically. For example, That umpire was completely unfair-let's burn him in effigy. Now used only figuratively, this term formerly signified a way of carrying out the sentence of a criminal who had escaped, such as burn in effigy or hang in effigy. A dummy was made of the criminal or a detested political figure and subjected to the prescribed punishment. [c. 1600]
See also: effigy
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

in effigy

Symbolically, especially in the form of an effigy: The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.
See also: effigy
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • burn (one) in effigy
  • burn in effigy
  • get (all) set
  • get set
  • set (something) out
  • set out
  • be (all) set (to do something)
  • set (one's) hand to
  • set your hand to
  • look (all) set (to do something)
References in periodicals archive
Then two men with lighted torches tease the crowd by lifting the red-linen cloth that covers the 10-foot effigy made mostly of rice straws.
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"We are literally helping Trump to live out his own catchphrase, 'Burn it down,' by exploding the effigy as the opening act for our fireworks display," Jeni Fox of the Edenbridge Bonfire Society (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/11/05/london-police-clamp-down-million-mask-protest/93341660/) told ITV. "It only seemed fair that Hillary Clinton took some of the limelight."
UK Burns Trump Effigy On Guy Fawkes Night
He said the effigy of Ravana will not be burnt this year as the rite is carried out only when Ram Leela happens.
Hindu community cancels Ram Leela out of respect for Muharram
The effigy, clad in a black wetsuit, blonde wig and women's clothing, was accompanied Sunday by signs that read, "Vote Trump," "Treason?
Douglas County man hangs effigy of Clinton off I-5
"The thing I do find a bit disturbing really is the idea of burning the effigy of anything." Mr Winkley said he accepted Guy Fawkes was a convicted criminal who was executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot.
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"To get the effigy into position must have been a pretty hazardous job in the dark."
'Body' swings at dawn and hoaxes Barry
I know which one I believe deserves to be burnt in effigy.
Welfare state fabric ruined; Letters
The same bonfire was at the centre of a dispute last year when an effigy of Mr Adams was hung from the fire.
Republican effigies on loyalist bonfire
AN investigation has been launched by police over the "racist" burning of a giant effigy of Alex Salmond.
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Key words: American Crow, Common Raven, corvids, effigy, non-lethal, predator management, Snowy Plover
Experimental evidence that scare tactics and effigies reduce corvid occurrence
Instead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Film actor Akshay Kumar will burn Ravan's effigy.
Capital gears up for Ram Leela
The protesters also burnt an effigy depicting Naxalism.
Shiv Sena holds protest against Maoist attack in India
Summary: Former miners in a South Yorkshire pit village have reacted to the pageantry in London by parading an effigy of Baroness Thatcher.
Effigy of Baroness Thatcher paraded in pit village
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Palestinians burned an effigy of the Qatari emir in the West Bank to protest against Doha's foreign policy in the region.
Palestinians Burn Effigy of Qatari Emir in West Bank