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hang up meaning

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WHang up

    Definition of hang up in English Dictionary

  • VerbSGhangs upPRhanging upPT, PPhung up
    1. (transitive) To put up to hang.
      1. I hung up my wash on the line.
    2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call.
      1. When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her.
    3. to keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.
    4. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Gee, why are you still so hung up about missing those end-of-year activities?
        • Appropriately enough for a crowd hung up on the fashions and music of the past, the nostalgizing began almost immediately.
        • When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Phrases
        • Phrasal verbs
          • Phrasal verbs with particle (up)
        • Verbs
          • Phrasal verbs
            • Phrasal verbs with particle (up)
            • Intransitive verbs
              • Transitive verbs
            Related Links:
            1. en hang upon
            2. en hang up one's hat
            3. en hang up one's boots
            Source: Wiktionary

            Meaning of hang up for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this idiom "hang up" is a phrase, more specifically, a phrasal verb. It's also a verb, more specifically, a phrasal verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.
            Definiteness: Level 4
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